Uncertainty Management and Information Seeking in Cancer Survivorship

Health Communication

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 233-243

  Miller, Laura E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; SURVIVOR; UNCERTAINTY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVIVORS; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891829194     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2012.739949     Document Type: Article

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