Patient preferences for online person-person support

Virtual Social Networks: Mediated, Massive and Multiplayer Sites

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 52-74

  Jones, Ray ^a   Boulos, Maged N Kamel ^a   Maramba, Inocencio ^b   Skirton, Heather ^a   Freeman, Jennifer ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1057/9780230250888     Document Type: Chapter

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