Social support within an on-line cancer community: An assessment of emotional support, perceptions of advantages and disadvantages, and motives for using the community from a communication perspective

Journal of Applied Communication Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 195-209

  Wright, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer communication; Emotional support; Online communication; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036678399     PISSN: 00909882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00909880216586     Document Type: Article

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