Coping with illness digitally / Steve Rains.
By: Rains, Stephen A [author.]
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Contributor(s): IEEE Xplore (Online Service) [distributor.] | MIT Press [publisher.].
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BookPublisher: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2018]Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2018]Description: 1 PDF (230 pages).Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780262347648.Subject(s): Communication in medicine | Social media in medicine | Patients -- Social networks | Online social networks | Communication in medicine | Online social networks | Patients -- Social networks | Social media in medicineGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 610.285 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Making and reinforcing connections -- Seeking and providing social support -- Sharing illness experiences -- Seeking health information online -- Changing patient-provider relationships -- The end-of-life and bereavement -- Model of digital coping with illness.
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An examination of ""digital coping"" involving the use of communication technologies, particularly social media, in responding to illness.
Also available in print.
Mode of access: World Wide Web
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