Relationship of internet health information use with patient behavior and self-efficacy: Experiences of newly diagnosed cancer patients who contact the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Information Service

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 219-236

  Bass, Sarah Bauerle ^a   Ruzek, Sheryl Burt ^a   Gordon, Thomas F ^a   Fleisher, Linda ^b   McKeown Conn, Nancy ^b   Moore, Dirk ^c  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; NEW ENGLAND; SELF EFFICACY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33644986501     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730500526794     Document Type: Article

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