Assessing Health Diagnosis Disclosure Decisions in Relationships: Testing the Disclosure Decision-Making Model

Health Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 356-368

  Greene, Kathryn ^a   Magsamen Conrad, Kate ^a   Venetis, Maria K ^a   Checton, Maria G ^b   Bagdasarov, Zhanna ^a   Banerjee, Smita C ^c  

^a State University of New Jersey   (United States)

^b Department of Business and Health Administration   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SPOUSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SPOUSES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859628268     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.586988     Document Type: Article

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