The searching, processing, and sharing of breast cancer information by women diagnosed with the illness

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 82-104

  Loiselle, Carmen G ^a,b   Lambert, Sylvie D ^a   Cooke, Andrea ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Information management; Information needs; Information seeking behaviour; Psychosocial adjustment to cancer; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST TUMOR; CANADA; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CANADA; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONS; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN;

EID: 33749332740     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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