Cancer patients' information needs and information seeking behaviour: in depth interview study
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Cancer patients' information needs and information seeking behaviour: in depth interview study.
OBJECTIVES To explore why cancer patients do not want or seek information about their condition beyond that volunteered by their physicians at times during their illness. DESIGN Qualitative study based on in-depth interviews. SETTING Outpatient oncology clinics at a London cancer centre. PARTICIPANTS 17 patients with cancer diagnosed in previous 6 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Analysis ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0959-8138
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.320.7239.909