Electronic self-help and support groups

Medical Care

Volumn 34, Issue 10 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Alemi, Farrokh ^a   Mosavel, Maghboeba ^a   Stephens, Richard C ^b   Ghadiri, Ali ^a   Krishnaswamy, Jaikumar ^a   Thakkar, Hetal ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulletin boards; Computer applications; Drug abuse treatment; Evaluation; Internet; On line services; Prenatal care; Self help groups; Social support; Telecommunication systems; Utilization of services

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0030265782     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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