An Innovative Mixed Methods Approach to Studying the Online Health Information Seeking Experiences of Adults With Chronic Health Conditions

Journal of Mixed Methods Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-33

  Mayoh, Joanne ^a   Bond, Carol S ^a   Todres, Les ^a  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complimentarity; experience; health informatics; Internet; phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858229526     PISSN: 15586898     EISSN: 15586901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1558689811416942     Document Type: Article

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