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- Title
Psychosocial Care: ONLINE CANCER SUPPORT GROUPS.
- Authors
Nissim, Rinat; Loiselle, Carmen G.; Howell, Doris
- Abstract
The article offers the authors' insights on the qualitative pilot study conducted by J. Stephen and colleagues concerning the pan-Canadian internet-based psychosocial oncology program, www.CancerChatCanada.ca. They say that online support groups (OSGs) involve unique processes and outcomes as indicated by the qualitative findings. They add that careful comparison between the processes and outcomes of OSG and traditional support groups can be achieved using a randomized controlled trial design.
- Subjects
CANADA; HEALTH programs; ONCOLOGY websites; SUPPORT groups; QUALITATIVE research; RANDOMIZED controlled trials
- Publication
Oncology Exchange, 2012, Vol 11, Issue 3, p34
- ISSN
1705-2394
- Publication type
Article