Special issue: Web-based communities and healthcare

International Journal of Web Based Communities 6(4) 2010

• How do young people use disclosure in real-time and non-real-time online groups?
• The role of an online peer-to-peer health community in addressing psychosocial concerns and social support in polycystic ovary syndrome
• Health-related internet support groups and dental anxiety: the fearful patient's online journey
• Seeking out very like-minded others: exploring trust and advice issues in an online health support group
• Patients' sociability and usability experience in online health communities: impact on attitudes towards the healthcare organisation and its services
• Creativity in web-based communities