Portrayals of treatment decision-making on popular breast and prostate cancer web sites

European Journal of Cancer Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 171-174

  Seale, C ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Gender and cancer; Health representations; Internet and health; New media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 18544379151     PISSN: 09615423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2354.2005.00544.x     Document Type: Article

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