Advice-giving and the management of uncertainty for cancer survivors

Health Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-348

  Thompson, Sharlene ^a   O'Hair, H Dan ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SURVIVOR; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 49649093778     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410230802229712     Document Type: Article

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