The devil you know: Parents seeking information online for paediatric cancer

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 444-458

  Gage, Elizabeth A ^a   Panagakis, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Health behaviour; Information seeking; Internet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEOPLASM; ONCOLOGY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; UNITED STATES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84858159562     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2011.01386.x     Document Type: Article

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