Stories of diagnosis from rural blacks with diabetes

Family and Community Health

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 206-213

  Wenzel, Jennifer ^a   Utz, Sharon W ^b   Steeves, Richard H ^b   Hinton, Ivora ^b   Jones, Randy A ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Diabetes; Diagnosis; Focus groups; Stories

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION;

EID: 33746545758     PISSN: 01606379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003727-200607000-00007     Document Type: Article

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