Information seeking and avoidance throughout the cancer patient journey: Two sides of the same coin? A synthesis of qualitative studies

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1373-1381

  Germeni, Evi ^a   Schulz, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CINAHL; CONSULTATION; COPING BEHAVIOR; DATA BASE; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEAR; HOPE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PSYCINFO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; SKILL; TRUST;

EID: 84915788851     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.3575     Document Type: Article

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