Measuring Perceptions of Diabetes-Related Concepts: A Preliminary Study

The Diabetes Educator

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 480-487

  Fitzgerald, James T ^a   Gruppen, Larry D ^b   Wray, Linda A ^c   Shay, Barbara R ^d   Anderson, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System ^*  (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Geriatrics Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 0037812038     PISSN: 01457217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014572170302900312     Document Type: Article

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