Empowering patients with diabetes: A qualitative primary care study focusing on South Asians in Leicester, UK

Family Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 647-652

  Stone, Margaret ^a   Pound, Elspeth ^a   Pancholi, Ahuti ^a   Farooqi, Azhar ^b   Khunti, Kamlesh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b East Leicester Medical Practice   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Education; Ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH ASIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EFFICACY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 30744466678     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi069     Document Type: Article

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