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A survey of health information seeking by cancer patients indicates some problems over medical explanations and terminology.

Mahmut AkbolatMustafa AmaratÖzgün ÜnalGulcan Santas
Published in: Health information and libraries journal (2021)
The cancer patients in this survey were generally willing and confident in their information seeking to find out more about the disease, treatment and effects on lifestyle. The main barriers were medical terminology, insufficient explanations and information from healthcare providers.
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