Conflicting health information: a critical research need

Health Expectations

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1173-1182

  Carpenter, Delesha M ^a   Geryk, Lorie L ^a   Chen, Annie T ^b   Nagler, Rebekah H ^c   Dieckmann, Nathan F ^d   Han, Paul K J ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

^e MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

conflicting information; decision making; health

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM;

CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA;

EID: 84952836597     PISSN: 13696513     EISSN: 13697625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/hex.12438     Document Type: Article

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