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The Prepared Patient: Information Seeking of Online Support Group Members Before Their Medical Appointments

Xinyi Hu Department of Communication, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Robert A. Bell Department of Communication, Department of Public Health Sciences, and the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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Richard L. Kravitz Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, and the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA
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Sharon Orrange Department of Internal Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA
Pages 960-978 | Published online: 10 May 2012

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