Online social networks - opportunities for empowering cancer patients

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 933-936

  Mohammadzadeh, Zeinab ^a   Davoodi, Somayeh ^a   Ghazisaeidi, Marjan ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Empowerment; Online social networks

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTERNET; NEOPLASM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

DECISION MAKING; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; INTERNET; NEOPLASMS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84965058576     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2016.17.3.933     Document Type: Short Survey

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