Is Cancer Information Exchanged on Social Media Scientifically Accurate?

Journal of Cancer Education

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 1328-1332

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

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Health communication; Information seeking; Pediatrics; Psycho social oncology; Social media; United States

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; CAREGIVER; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

CAREGIVERS; CHILD; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; ONLINE SOCIAL NETWORKING; PARENTS; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 85024492535     PISSN: 08858195     EISSN: 15430154     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13187-017-1254-z     Document Type: Article

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