Health activism and the logic of connective action. A case study of rare disease patient organisations

Information Communication and Society

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1653-1671

  Vicari, Stefania ^a   Cappai, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Fase 1 Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

connective action; Health activism; ICTs; patients

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961389960     PISSN: 1369118X     EISSN: 14684462     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2016.1154587     Document Type: Article

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