The development of a positive community using virtual space for cancer patients

Proceedings of the 2nd International Symposium on Universal Communication, ISUC 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 490-493

  Kusumi, Takashi ^a   Ogura, Kanayo ^b   Miura, Asako ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER PATIENTS; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; EMOTIONAL EXPRESSIONS; INFORMATIONAL SUPPORTS; MENTAL HEALTHS; POSITIVE EMOTIONS; QUALITY OF LIVES; TEXT MININGS; VIRTUAL SPACES;

EID: 60649098794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISUC.2008.48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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