A space for suffering? Communicating breast cancer in an online self-help context

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1631-1641

  Sandaunet, Anne Grete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Action research; Breast cancer; Internet; Norway; Sociology; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; INTERNET; INTERVIEW; NORWAY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF HELP;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNET; NORWAY; SELF-HELP GROUPS;

EID: 56549123628     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308327076     Document Type: Article

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