Seeking and Managing Hope: Patients' Experiences Using the Internet for Cancer Care
Oncology nursing forumPublished 1 January 2006
Suzanne S. Dickerson, Marcia Boehmke, Carolann Ogle, Jean K. Brown
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Computer-savvy patients and their personal support networks will avail themselves of Internet information, creating the need for new interaction patterns and relationships with providers, and patients with cancer are incorporating Internet use into their cancer care.
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Computer-savvy patients and their personal support networks will avail themselves of Internet information, creating the need for new interaction patterns and relationships with providers.
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