Online help: Cancer Patients Participate in a Computer-Mediated Support Group

Health and Social Work

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-29

  Weinberg, Nancy ^a   Schmale, John ^b   Uken, Janet ^c   Wessel, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Christie Clinic   (United States)

^c Swedish American Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Computers; Patients; Support group; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER NETWORK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; COMPUTER USER TRAINING; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; MICROCOMPUTERS; MIDDLE AGED; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030075374     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/21.1.24     Document Type: Article

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