Communicating about cancer through Facebook: A qualitative analysis of a breast cancer awareness page

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 237-243

  Abramson, Karley ^a   Keefe, Brian ^b   Chou, Wen Ying Sylvia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING;

EID: 84924856968     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2014.927034     Document Type: Article

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