Information needs and internet use in urological and breast cancer patients

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 545-552

  Valero Aguilera, Beatriz ^a   Bermúdez Tamayo, Clara ^a,b,c   García Gutiérrez, José Francisco ^b   Jiménez Pernett, Jaime ^b   Cózar Olmo, José Manuel ^a   Guerrero Tejada, Rosario ^a   Alba Ruiz, Rubén ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN DE LAS NIEVES   (Spain)

^b ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Information needs; Internet; Patients; Urological cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; KIDNEY CANCER; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUPPORT GROUP; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNET; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SPAIN; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84896042154     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-013-2009-y     Document Type: Article

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