Social support within an on-line cancer community: an assessment of emotional support, perceptions of advantages and disadvantages, and motives for using the community from a communication perspective

Author： Wright Kevin  

Publisher： Routledge Ltd

ISSN： 0090-9882

Source： Journal of Applied Communication Research, Vol.30, Iss.3, 2002-08, pp. : 195-209

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