The Use of Internet Cancer Support Groups by Ethnic Minorities

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-82

  im, Eun ok ^a   Chee, Wonshik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; Internet; support group

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MINORITY GROUP; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF HELP; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCULTURAL CARE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO COMPUTERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPUTER LITERACY; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; MOTIVATION; NEOPLASMS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH DESIGN; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SEX FACTORS; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING;

EID: 37249036467     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659607309140     Document Type: Article

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