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| Age differences in information-seeking among cancer patients | | Author(s) | Susan Turk-Charles, Beth E Meyerowitz, Margaret Gatz |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 45, no 2, 1997 |
| Pages | pp 85-98 |
| Keywords | Cancer ; Patients ; Information services ; Medical workers ; Communication media ; Friends ; Older people ; Adults. |
| Annotation | Studies examining information-seeking among patients have found that it decreases with age, however, researchers usually define information-seeking as involving only the medical establishment, while neglecting other sources. This study investigated the use of two types of information sources, non-medical establishment (newspaper, television and friends) and medical establishment (doctors and nurses) among seventy five cancer patients aged between 18 and 81. Patients responded to questionnaires asking about information-seeking, desire for more cancer information, self-perception of their knowledge about cancer, and actual knowledge of facts about cancer. Results showed that information-seeking from doctors and nurses decreased with age. However, no age differences existed for seeking non-medical establishment information, and in individuals with high levels of desire for information, older people used those sources more than did younger adults. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971204406 A |
| Classmark | CK: LF: UV: QT: UD: SX: B: SD |
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