Cancer patients versus cancer survivors: Social and emotional consequences of word choice

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 72-84

  Mosher, Catherine E ^a,b   Danoff Burg, Sharon ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Cancer; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

EID: 59549103621     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: 15526526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X08325762     Document Type: Article

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