The information-seeking behaviours of partners of men with prostate cancer: A qualitative pilot study

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 179-185

  Feltwell, Annie K ^a   Rees, Charlotte E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Information seeking behaviours; Partners; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; UNCERTAINTY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; ENGLAND; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT PROJECTS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3843101471     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(03)00212-X     Document Type: Article

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