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Creating a Bond Between Caregivers Online: Effect on Caregivers’ Coping Strategies

Kang Namkoong School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Lori L. DuBenske Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Bret R. Shaw Department of Life Science Communication, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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David H. Gustafson Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Robert P. Hawkins Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Dhavan V. Shah School of Journalism and Mass Communication, and Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Fiona M. McTavish Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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James F. Cleary School of Medicine and Public Health, and Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Pages 125-140 | Published online: 17 Oct 2011

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