Managing multiple goals in supportive interactions: Using a normative theoretical approach to explain social support as uncertainty management for organ transplant patients

Health Communication

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 393-403

  Scott, Allison M ^a   Martin, Summer C ^b   Stone, Anne M ^b   Brashers, Dale E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSPLANTATION; UNCERTAINTY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRANSPLANTS; UNCERTAINTY; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79961144640     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.552479     Document Type: Article

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