Health information seeking: A review of measures and methods

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 346-354

  Anker, Ashley E ^a   Reinhart, Amber Marie ^b   Feeley, Thomas Hugh ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical review; Health information seeking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIBLIOMETRICS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA BASE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 79951950402     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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