Lung cancer patients' decisions about clinical trials and the theory of planned behavior

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 641-648

  Quinn, Gwendolyn P ^a   Pratt, Christie L ^a   Bryant George, Kathy ^a   Caraway, Vicki D ^a   Paternoster, Bonnie ^a   Roldan, Tere ^a   Shaffer, Andrea ^a   Shimizu, Cynthia O ^a   Vaughn, Elizabeth J ^a   Williams, Charles ^a   Bepler, Gerold ^b  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical research; Clinical trials; Lung cancer; Qualitative methods; Theory of planned behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SMALL CELL LUNG CARCINOMA;

EID: 84859897778     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-010-0169-8     Document Type: Article

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