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[An] in depth exploration of health information-seeking behavior among individuals diagnosed with prostate, breast, or colorectal cancer

Seeking cancer information is key in coping with the feelings (e.g., fear, uncertainty) and other challenges (e.g., treatment decision-making) confronting individuals diagnosed with cancer. Despite recognition of a variation in why, when, how, and where individuals diagnosed with cancer seek information, few efforts have been made to systematically document patterns in information-seeking. Aim: To explore individuals' patterns of health information-seeking behaviors (HIS B) including the type, amount, and sources ofinforn1ation and the strategies used to process and/or manage cancer information. / La recherche d'information sur Ie cancer est d'une importance determinante pour les personnes atteintes de cette maladie dans Ie contexte OU elles ont gerer des emotions intenses (p. ex. : peur, incertitude) et font face plusieurs defis (p. ex. : processus de decision relatif au traitement). Des variations concernant la recherche d'information par les individus diagnostiques avec un cancer ont ete observees et reconnues notamment en termes des raisons qui motivent la recherche d'information et des moyens utilises pour obtenir l'infomlation desiree. Cependant, a ce jour, peu d'efforts ont ete deployes pour documenter de maniere systematique les differents types de comportements de recherche d'information.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.92690
Date January 2008
CreatorsLambert, Sylvie
ContributorsCarmen Loiselle (Supervisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageDoctor of Philosophy (Nursing) (School of Nursing)
RightsAll items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated.
Relation3381494, Theses scanned by McGill Library.

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