Internet cancer support groups: A feminist analysis

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-7

  Im, Eun Ok ^a   Chee, Wonshik ^b   Tsai, Hsiu Min ^a   Lin, Li Chen ^a   Cheng, Ching Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Analysis; Cancer; Feminist; Internet; Support groups

Indexed keywords

CANCER; ETHICS; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SUPPORT GROUP;

FEMALE; FEMINISM; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 13844275558     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002820-200501000-00001     Document Type: Review

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