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Using the Web to Meet the Information Needs of Adult Cancer Patients and Their Caregivers

Pages 15-22 | Received 11 Aug 2008, Accepted 29 Oct 2008, Published online: 14 Jan 2009
 

Abstract

The key findings from a thematic analysis of the information requests from adult cancer patients and their caregivers at a cancer center library in Western Canada are (Citation1) the pivotal role of the cancer center librarian in mediating information requests; (Citation2) that the information needs of adult cancer patients and their caregivers focus primarily on the need for basic biomedical information concerning diagnosis and treatment; and (Citation3) the importance of the Web as a source of cancer information for uncommon and rare cancers.

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