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College Women's Responses to a Celebrity Health Disclosure.
Health communication - 1 Oct 2018
Drizin Julia H, Malcarne Vanessa L, Schiaffino Melody K, Wells Kristen J
Abstract excerpt
Celebrities can have a powerful influence on people's health-related attitudes and behaviors, often by publicly disclosing their own personal health decisions. In May 2013, Angelina Jolie, an internationally recognized actress, director, and author, wrote an op-ed for the New York Times disclosing her decision to undergo a prophylactic double mastectomy to reduce her risk of breast cancer after learning that she...
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