Quality of life for our patients: How media images and messages influence their perceptions

Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-51

  Carr, Ellen R ^a  

^a ONCOLOGY NURSING SOCIETY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEVISION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MASS MEDIA; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; ONCOLOGIC NURSING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEVISION;

EID: 42949132300     PISSN: 10921095     EISSN: 1538067X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1188/08.CJON.42-51     Document Type: Article

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