Personal understandings of illness among people with type 2 diabetes

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-182

  Hörnsten, Åsa ^a   Sandstrom H ^a   Lundman, B ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Beliefs; Diabetes; Explanatory models; Illness; Nursing; Understanding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SWEDEN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 3242693211     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2004.03076.x     Document Type: Review

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