Chemotherapy and information-seeking behaviour: Characteristics of patients using mass-media information sources

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 993-1002

  Muusses, Linda D ^a,b   Van Weert, Julia C M ^a   Van Dulmen, Sandra ^c   Jansen, Jesse ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

cancer; chemotherapy; information seeking; information sources; oncology; patients

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PAMPHLETS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865862171     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1997     Document Type: Article

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