Cancer survivors information seeking behaviors: A comparison of survivors who do and do not seek information about cancer

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 342-350

  Mayer, Deborah K ^a   Terrin, Norma C ^a   Kreps, Gary L ^b   Menon, Usha ^c   McCance, Kathy ^d   Parsons, Susan K ^a   Mooney, Kathleen H ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer survivors; Coping; Information avoiders; Information seeking; Internet

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846926962     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2006.08.015     Document Type: Article

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