Online health communities can provide valuable social support in China, writes Qingpeng Zhang. He argues that they offer benefits that artificial intelligence cannot match.
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Zhang, Q. Online health communities provide important support in China. Nat Hum Behav 8, 8 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01766-8
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