'Oh dear, should I really be saying that on here?': Issues of identity and authority in an online diabetes community

Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 347-365

  Armstrong, Natalie ^a   Koteyko, Nelya ^a   Powell, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diabetes; discourse; ehealth; internet

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84862737669     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459311425514     Document Type: Article

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