Decision tree model of the treatment-seeking behaviors among Korean cancer patients

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 259-266

  Oh, Hyo Sook ^a   Park, Hyeoun Ae ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Alternative therapies; Decision making; Health seeking behavior; Oncology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KOREA; MODEL; NURSE; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; DECISION TREES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; KOREA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3543117763     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200407000-00001     Document Type: Article

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