Connecting with ourselves and others online: Psychological aspects of online health communication

Patient-Centered E-Health

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 26-46

  Johnsen, Jan Are K ^a   Gammon, Deede ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

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EID: 84856868517     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-016-5.ch003     Document Type: Chapter

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