They set out to create a way for people living in rural areas, or with less common cancers, to learn from each other through scheduled live online chats – typing, not talking – with a professional facilitator as part of the group. That’s how CancerChatCanada began. “We expected that it would not be as good an experience as face-to-face groups,” says Dr. Joanne Stephen of the BC Cancer Agency. “We thought it would be better than nothing, but we totally didn’t expect that it would be as good an experience as it turned out to be.” Read more here.
Study mentioned: Stephen J. et al. Evaluation of CancerChatCanada: a program of online support for Canadians affected by cancer. Current Oncology, [S.l.], 20(1:39-47). Jan. 2013. ISSN 1718-7729. Available at: <http://www.current-oncology.com/index.php/oncology/article/view/1210>. Date accessed: 20 Jun. 2013. doi:10.3747/co.20.1210.
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