Online discussions mirroring family life during pregnancy

Informatics in Primary Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-47

  Kouri, Pirkko ^a,b   Turunen, Hannele ^a   Tossavainen, Kerttu ^a   Saarikoski, Seppo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b SAVONIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Internet support groups; Online maternity services; Pregnant family

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDBIRTH; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; FAMILY LIFE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERNET; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PARENTHOOD; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAFETY;

EID: 33744788343     PISSN: 14760320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14236/jhi.v14i1.613     Document Type: Article

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