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Motives for sharing illness experiences on Twitter: conversations of parents with children diagnosed with cancer

Sameen RehmanFaculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Kelly LyonsFaculty of Information, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Rhonda McEwenUniversity of Toronto Mississauga, Institute of Communication, Culture, Information and Technology, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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Kate SellenStrategic Innovation Lab (sLab), OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Pages 578-593 | Received 23 Aug 2016, Accepted 15 Feb 2017, Published online: 11 Mar 2017

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Catherine McGeehin Heilferty. (2018) The Search for Balance: Prolonged Uncertainty in Parent Blogs of Childhood Cancer. Journal of Family Nursing 24:2, pages 250-270.
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