Online interaction. Effects of storytelling in an internet breast cancer support group

The internet provides new ways of forming social relationships among people with breast cancer and is increasingly used for this purpose. This qualitative study, using ethnographic case-study method, aimed to explore how support groups on the internet can break the social isolation that follows canc...

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Main Authors: Mette Terp Høybe, Christoffer Johansen, Tine Tjørnhøj-Thomsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Applied Sciences Rotterdam 2008-06-01
Series:Journal of Social Intervention: Theory and Practice
Online Access:http://www.journalsi.org/articles/10.18352/jsi.93/