Illness stories on the Internet: What do breast cancer patients want at the end of treatment?

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 937-944

  Overberg, R I ^a   Alpay, L L ^a   Verhoef, J ^a   Zwetsloot Schonk, J H M ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Illness stories; Internet; Patients' needs; User requirements

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; BREAST CANCER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MASTECTOMY; NETHERLANDS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERMINAL CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEORECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMEDIA; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 35549004015     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1157     Document Type: Article

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