Cancer information seeking in the digital age: Effects of angelina jolie's prophylactic mastectomy announcement

Medical Decision Making

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 16-21

  Noar, Seth M ^a,b   Althouse, Benjamin M ^c   Ayers, John W ^d,e   Francis, Diane B ^a   Ribisl, Kurt M ^b  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

Author keywords

breast cancer; cancer communication; cancer information seeking; digital surveillance; genetic testing; prophylactic mastectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC FIGURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME; TIME FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84919466014     PISSN: 0272989X     EISSN: 1552681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0272989X14556130     Document Type: Article

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