Conceptualizing How Couples Talk About Cancer

@article{Goldsmith2014ConceptualizingHC,
  title={Conceptualizing How Couples Talk About Cancer},
  author={Daena J. Goldsmith and Gregory A. Miller},
  journal={Health Communication},
  year={2014},
  volume={29},
  pages={51 - 63}
}
Scholarship on couple communication about cancer employs variable conceptualizations of communication, and common measurement strategies make questionable assumptions about communication. This study provides a descriptive foundation for a multiple-topic, multidimensional approach to studying couple talk about cancer. Based on interviews with persons treated for cancer in the last 5 years and partners, we identified 16 topics and 5 dimensions of talk. “Talk about cancer” covers a broad range of… 
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