Is there need of specialized diabetes nurses in Pakistan?

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-79

  Naheed, Talat ^a   Akbar, Nabeel ^a   Akbar, Naueen ^a  

^a KING EDWARD MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diabetic clinic; Knowledge; Mellitus; Nurses

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AWARENESS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFUSION; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; DROWSINESS; EDUCATION; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERVIEW; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KINESIOTHERAPY; MACROSOMIA; NURSE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SWEATING; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VULVA PRURITUS;

EID: 0038122921     PISSN: 1682024X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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