Cultural barriers to diabetes care in South Asians: Arranged marriage - Arranged complications?

Practical Diabetes International

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 154-156

  Goenka, Nirupam ^a   Dobson, Lynda ^b   Patel, Vinod ^c   O'Hare, Paul ^b  

^a WHISTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c GEORGE ELIOT HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian; Cultural barriers; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLUCOSURIA; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 2442706502     PISSN: 13578170     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.624     Document Type: Article

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