Understanding the diabetic body-self

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1086-1104

  Montez, Jennifer Karas ^a   Karner, Tracy X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Embodiment; Illness experience; Wounded storytellers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BODY IMAGE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; INTERVIEW; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIMB AMPUTATION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEXAS;

EID: 26444618166     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732305276677     Document Type: Article

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