Cancer Communication on Social Media: Examining How Cancer Caregivers Use Facebook for Cancer-Related Communication

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 332-338

  Gage Bouchard, Elizabeth A ^a   LaValley, Susan ^b   Mollica, Michelle ^c   Beaupin, Lynda Kwon ^a  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Health communication; Pediatrics; Social networks; Social support

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER THERAPY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PARENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UTILIZATION;

AWARENESS; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FUND RAISING; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PARENTS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84979008538     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: 15389804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0000000000000418     Document Type: Article

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