The word ‘cancer’: reframing the context to reduce anxiety arousal
Abstract This study investigated reaction to the word ‘cancer’ versus the phrase ‘a cancer’ in two ways: (1) assessing associations to the spoken words ‘cancer’ or ‘a cancer’ and (2) presenting participants with a situation where one person says to another in print: ‘I have cancer’ or ‘I have a canc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2003-06-01
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| Series: | Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-842X.2003.tb00397.x |