Online health communities provide important support in china

Online health communities can provide valuable social support in China, writes Qingpeng Zhang. He argues that they offer benefits that artificial intelligence cannot match. Access through

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Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China Qingpeng Zhang * Musketeers Foundation Institute of Data Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong S.A.R., China Qingpeng Zhang Authors * Qingpeng Zhang

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