"i think about oprah": Social class differences in sources of health information

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 506-516

  Bell, Ann V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

communication; fertility infertility; health information seeking; social equality inequality; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION SEEKING; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84899069371     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732314524637     Document Type: Article

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