Sites like CarePages and CaringBridge have been developed to meet important needs for hospitalized patients and their families and friends.
But Facebook, as a powerful general-purpose social networking site, may prove to be an even more useful alternative to these dedicated patient communication sites.
I will start by describing the very real needs CarePages and similar sites meet, and then discuss how Facebook can meet those needs.
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