Last resort or roll of the die? exploring the role of metaphors in cancer clinical trials education among medically underserved populations

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1161-1177

  Krieger, Janice L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LITERATURE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; METAPHOR; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PENNSYLVANIA; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RURAL POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84916636082     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2013.801537     Document Type: Article

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