It's good to talk: Comparison of a telephone helpline and website for cancer information

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-320

  Hardyman, Rachel ^a   Hardy, Pollyanna ^b   Brodie, Judith ^a   Stephens, Richard ^a  

^a CancerBACUP   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Information seeking; Internet; Telephone helpline

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNET; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER LITERACY; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOTLINES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHAME;

EID: 18844374581     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2004.08.009     Document Type: Article

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