'Virtual trust': Online emotional intimacies in mental health support

Researching Trust and Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 33-53

  Parr, Hester ^a   Davidson, Joyce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203928271     Document Type: Chapter

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