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Joan R. Bloom
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 111
Citations - 7520
Joan R. Bloom is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Breast cancer & Capitation. The author has an hindex of 38, co-authored 110 publications receiving 7235 citations. Previous affiliations of Joan R. Bloom include Cancer Prevention Institute of California & University of California.
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Intrusiveness of illness and quality of life in young women with breast cancer
TL;DR: Test a theoretical model that explains quality of life as a function of the intrusiveness of illness encroaching on the different domains of one's life and found that neither time post‐diagnosis nor type of treatment affected the psychological component of quality ofLife.
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Perceptual Measures of Task Characteristics: The Biasing Effects of Differing Frames of Reference and Job Attitudes
TL;DR: This paper examined the extent to which variations in the perceptions of job characteristics may be associated, not with objective task characteristics, but with perceptual biases refl ecting the perception of the task characteristics.
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Emotional support following cancer: a test of the stigma and social activity hypotheses.
Joan R. Bloom,Larry Kessler +1 more
TL;DR: Support for the social activity hypothesis was found, indicating that breast cancer no longer carries with it a stigma, at least not to the extent of reducing the level of women's emotional support.
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Social Support and Cancer Screening Among Older Black Americans
Soo Hyang Kang,Joan R. Bloom +1 more
TL;DR: Interventions designed to increase utilization of social networks may be an effective way to increase use of cancer screening, which may ultimately lead to reduced mortality from cancer.
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Social Support and Survival in Young Women with Breast Carcinoma
TL;DR: This study examines the relationship between social support and survival among women diagnosed with breast carcinoma, specifically assessing the effect of network size and changes in social contact post‐diagnosis.