Social identity and health: An intergroup communication approach to cancer

Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 145-159

  Harwood, Jake ^a   Sparks, Lisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL FACTOR; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FAMILY LIFE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPY; STRESS; ARTICLE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNICATION; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037975557     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327027HC1502_3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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