Decision making in cancer-related topic avoidance

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 306-313

  Venetis, Maria K ^a   Greene, Kathryn ^b   Checton, Maria G ^c   Magsamen Conrad, Kate ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Business and Health Administration   (United States)

^d BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF DISCLOSURE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNICATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEOPLASMS; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84925373663     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2014.965364     Document Type: Article

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