Seeking and receiving social support on Facebook for surgery

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 131, Issue , 2015, Pages 40-47

  Davis, Matthew A ^a,b   Anthony, Denise L ^b,c   Pauls, Scott D ^c  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

^c Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory   (United States)

Author keywords

Social media; Social support; Surgery

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION BEHAVIOR; HEALTH IMPACT; MEDICINE; SOCIAL NETWORK; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERNET; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; RELIGION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUPPORT GROUP; SURGERY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FRIEND; HEALTH EDUCATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 84924106767     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.02.038     Document Type: Article

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