Comparing decision making between cancer patients and the general population: Thoughts, emotions, or social influence?

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 477-494

  Janet Yang, Z ^a   McComas, Katherine A ^b   Gay, Geri K ^b   Leonard, John P ^c   Dannenberg, Andrew J ^c   Dillon, Hildy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Plant Breeding and Genetics Section in the School of Integrative Plant Science   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; EMOTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT SELECTION; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 84859791340     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2011.635774     Document Type: Review

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