Social support and unsolicited advice in a bipolar disorder online Forum

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 931-942

  Vayreda, Agnès ^a   Antaki, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Communication; Conversation analysis; Education; Health care discourse; Internet; Language; Medical; Medicalization; Online; Research; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTIMACY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 67649983360     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309338952     Document Type: Article

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