An in-depth exploration of information-seeking behavior among individuals with cancer - Part 1: Understanding differential patterns of active information seeking

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-23

  Lambert, Sylvie D ^a   Loiselle, Carmen G ^a,b   Macdonald, Mary Ellen ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Focus Groups; Grounded theory; Information needs; Information seeking behavior; Qualitative studies; Semistructured interviews

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67651036827     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCC.0000343372.24517.bd     Document Type: Article

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