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Publication details [#58101]

Chib, Arul, Tran Khanh Phuong, Chia Wei Si and Ng Su Hway. 2013. Enabling informal digital guanxi for rural doctors in Shaanxi, China. Chinese Journal of Communication 6 (1) : 62–80.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

health | ict-technology | information chunking | internet | social network

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper explores information needs, extant healthcare structure, and the application of guanxi or informal networks to obtain ICT-mediated health information, within the rural Chinese healthcare system in Shaanxi.