Resisting good news: Reactions to breast cancer risk communication

Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-123

  Dillard, Amanda J ^a   McCaul, Kevin D ^a   Kelso, Pamela D ^a   Klein, William M P ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENTS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646010939     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327027hc1902_3     Document Type: Article

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