Porque me toco a mi? Mexican American diabetes patients' causal stories and their relationship to treatment behaviors

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 959-969

  Hunt, Linda M ^a   Valenzuela, Miguel A ^b   Pugh, Jacqueline A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^d SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral factors; Causal model; Diabetes; Locus of Control; Mexican Americans; Patient perspective

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEXICO; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT; SELF CARE; SELF CONTROL; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC DIET; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; SELF CARE; SICK ROLE; TEXAS;

EID: 0031915059     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)10014-4     Document Type: Article

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