Avoidant adjustment predicts lower information seeking in people with lung cancer

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 540-547

  Mulcare, Hunter ^a   Kashima, Yoshihisa ^a   Milgrom, Jeannette ^a   Wheeler, Greg ^b   Wirth, Andrew ^b   Bishop, Michelle ^c   Schofield, Penelope ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^c Peter MacCallum Bendigo Radiotherapy Centre   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

adjustment; communication; information needs; information seeking; lung cancer; radiation oncology

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADJUSTMENT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; LUNG CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOTIVATION; ORIENTATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84874676410     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3027     Document Type: Article

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