Hutchworld: Clinical study of computer-mediated social support for cancer patients and their caregivers

Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 375-382

  Farnham, Shelly ^a   Cheng, Lili ^a   Stone, Linda ^a   Zaner Godsey, Melora ^a   Hibbeln, Christopher ^a   Syrjala, Karen ^b   Clark, Ann Marie ^b   Abrams, Janet ^b  

^a MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer mediated communication; Empirical research; Health; Online communities; Social support

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH CARE; INTERNET; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

COMPUTER-MEDIATED SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ONLINE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0038494678     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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