Online information as a decision making aid for cancer patients: Recommendations from the Eurocancercoms project

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1055-1059

  Maddock, Carol ^a   Camporesi, Silvia ^b   Lewis, Ian ^a   Ahmad, Kafait ^a   Sullivan, Richard ^c  

^a Tenovus Cancer Charity   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountability; Decision making; Eurocancercoms; Expertise; Health 2.0; Information; Online social media; Participation; Patients; Web 2.0

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; EUROPE; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL NETWORK;

DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HEALTH PLANNING GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84857007696     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.08.018     Document Type: Article

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