Socio-demographic, psychosocial and attitudinal predictors of help seeking after cancer diagnosis

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 997-1005

  Steginga, Suzanne K ^a,b   Campbell, Alistair ^c   Ferguson, Megan ^a   Beeden, Alison ^d   Walls, Melissa ^d   Cairns, Will ^d   Dunn, Jeff ^a,c,e  

^a CANCER COUNCIL QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes to help seeking; Cancer; Oncology; Predictors of service utilization; Psychosocial support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOLID TUMOR;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 57349185595     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1317     Document Type: Article

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