Older Adults Use of Online and Offline Sources of Health Information and Constructs of Reliance and Self-Efficacy for Medical Decision Making

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 751-758

  Hall, Amanda K ^a   Bernhardt, Jay M ^b   Dodd, Virginia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84934857721     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730.2015.1018603     Document Type: Article

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