Religious and cultural distance in beliefs about health and illness in women with diabetes mellitus of different origin living in Sweden

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 627-643

  Hjelm, Katarina ^a,b   Bard, Karin ^b   Nyberg, Per ^a   Apelqvist, Jan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beliefs about health illness; Care seeking behaviour; Diabetes mellitus; Migrants; Self care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MOSLEM; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SWEDEN;

EID: 0038454480     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7489(03)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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