Barriers to initiating insulin therapy in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in public-sector primary health care centres in Cape Town

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 798-802

  Haque, Monirul ^a   Emerson, Sonja Hayden ^b   Dennison, Cheryl R ^b   Navsa, Maryam ^a   Levitt, Naomi S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; DIABETES CONTROL; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXPERIENCE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HERB; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC SECTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 27744579174     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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