Means of communication used by patients: information about cancer after diagnosis and during treatment

Hey, Ana Paula; Caveião, Cristiano; Montezeli, Juliana Helena; Visentin, Angelita; Takano, Thaisa Maiume; Buratti, Franciele Munis da Silva

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%T Means of communication used by patients: information about cancer after diagnosis and during treatment
%A Hey, Ana Paula
%A Caveião, Cristiano
%A Montezeli, Juliana Helena
%A Visentin, Angelita
%A Takano, Thaisa Maiume
%A Buratti, Franciele Munis da Silva
%J Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental Online
%N 3
%P 4697-4703
%V 8
%D 2016
%@ 2175-5361
%> https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-53734-3
%X Objective: o identify the media used by patients to obtain information about cancer after diagnosis and during treatment. Method: descriptive qualitative research conducted in a philanthropic hospital in the state of Paraná, Brazil; data were collected at the inpatient oncology unit and the outpatient oncology ward. Results: the findings were divided into four categories; information obtained by health professionals; information obtained from the internet; information obtained through friends and oncology patients; and information obtained through the print and audiovisual media. Conclusion: the main media used by respondents to obtain information were the printed and audiovisual media, the internet, friends and patients with the same diagnosis, and health professionals.
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%~ SSOAR - http://www.ssoar.info