Journal:
:international journal of community based nursing and midwifery
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masoumeh abbasi shavazi department of health education and promotion, school of public health, shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran
mohammad ali morowatisharifabad department of health education and promotion, school of public health, shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran
mohammad taghi abbasi shavazi department of sociology, school of social sciences, shiraz university, fars, iran
masoud mirzaei yazd cardiovascular research centre, shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran
ali mellat ardekani department of neurology, shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran
background: currently with the emergence of the internet, patients have an opportunity to exchange social support online. however, little attention has been devoted to different dimensions of online social support exchanged in virtual support communities for patients with multiple sclerosis (ms). methods: to provide a rich insight, the aim of this qualitative study was to explore and categorize...
