"He said, she said": The impact of gender on spousal support in diabetes management

Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 23-42

  Sandberg, Jonathan ^a   Trief, Paula M ^b   Greenberg, Roger P ^c   Graff, Keri ^b   Weinstock, Ruth S ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples therapy; Diabetes; Gender differences; Health; Spousal support

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746796697     PISSN: 15332691     EISSN: 15332683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J398v05n02_02     Document Type: Article

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