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

@article{citeulike:902393, abstract = {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 cancer and chronic pain, by analysing the storytelling emerging on the Scandinavian Breast Cancer Mailing list. Using participant observation and face-to-face or online interviews of participants, we investigated the motivations of 15 women who chose the internet to counteract social isolation after breast cancer. The results showed that the women were empowered by the exchanges of knowledge and experience within the support group. The internet was considered a means for finding ways of living with breast cancer. Our study suggests that internet support groups have important potential for the rehabilitation of cancer patients.}, address = {Department of Psychosocial Cancer Research, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark. metteh@cancer.dk}, author = {H{\o}ybye, M. T. and Johansen, C. and Tj{\o}rnh{\o}j-Thomsen, T.}, citeulike-article-id = {902393}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.837}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15386774}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15386774}, doi = {10.1002/pon.837}, issn = {1057-9249}, journal = {Psychooncology}, keywords = {breastcancer, cancer, evaluation, informatics, survivorship}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {211--220}, posted-at = {2006-10-17 23:49:25}, priority = {2}, title = {Online interaction. Effects of storytelling in an internet breast cancer support group.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.837}, volume = {14}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:902393 L3 - citeulike-article-id:902393 N2 - 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 cancer and chronic pain, by analysing the storytelling emerging on the Scandinavian Breast Cancer Mailing list. Using participant observation and face-to-face or online interviews of participants, we investigated the motivations of 15 women who chose the internet to counteract social isolation after breast cancer. The results showed that the women were empowered by the exchanges of knowledge and experience within the support group. The internet was considered a means for finding ways of living with breast cancer. Our study suggests that internet support groups have important potential for the rehabilitation of cancer patients. IS - 3 JF - Psychooncology SN - 1057-9249 AD - Department of Psychosocial Cancer Research, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark. metteh@cancer.dk EP - 220 TI - Online interaction. Effects of storytelling in an internet breast cancer support group. VL - 14 SP - 211 KW - breastcancer KW - cancer KW - evaluation KW - informatics KW - survivorship AU - Høybye, MT AU - Johansen, C AU - Tjørnhøj-Thomsen, T PY - 2005/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pon.837 ER -