Information-seeking styles among cancer patients before and after treatment by demographics and use of information sources

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 487-502

  Eheman, Christie R ^a   Berkowitz, Zahava ^a   Lee, Judith ^a   Mohile, Supriya ^b   Purnell, Jason ^b   Marie Rodriguez, Elisa ^c   Roscoe, Joseph ^b   Johnson, David ^d   Kirshner, Jeffrey ^e   Morrow, Gary ^b  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d WICHITA COMMUNITY CLINICAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAM   (United States)

^e Hematology/Oncology Associates of Central New York   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION SERVICE; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT INFORMATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION SERVICES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68649086205     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730903032945     Document Type: Article

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