‘Slightly more serious than a cold’: Do patients, nurses and GPs take type 2 diabetes seriously?

Primary Health Care Research and Development

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 75-84

  Lamont, Sharon Saint ^a   Whitford, David L ^a   Crosland, Ann ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

doctor; patient relationships; perceptions about type 2 diabetes; seriousness of type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038171025     PISSN: 14634236     EISSN: 14771128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/1463423602pc094oa     Document Type: Article

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