Patients with cancer seeking treatment information on the internet face challenges
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Studying the Correlation Between Demographics Variables and the Health Information-Seeking Behavior of Patients With Cancer
Introduction: Information is a vital requirement like other human vital needs. One of the information every patient needs is about the health and ways of preventing diseases and information for their treatment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that there is no significant correlation among demographics variables and the health information-seeking behavior of patients ...
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Introduction: Information is a vital requirement like other human vital needs. One of the information every patient needs is about the health and ways of preventing diseases and information for their treatment. The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that there is no significant correlation among demographics variables and the health information-seeking behavior of patients ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.30773