"I can also serve as an inspiration": A qualitative study of the TB&Me blogging experience and its role in MDRTB treatment

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Horter, Shona ^a   Stringer, Beverley ^a   Venis, Sarah ^a   Du Cros, Philipp ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMOTIONALITY; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MULTIDRUG RESISTANT TUBERCULOSIS; PEER GROUP; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TUBERCULOSIS, MULTIDRUG-RESISTANT;

EID: 84907584699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108591     Document Type: Article

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