Social support and self-management of type 2 diabetes among immigrant Australian women

Chronic Illness

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 291-301

  Kokanovic, Renata ^a   Manderson, Lenore ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Care; Diabetes; Immigrant women; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE COURSE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROTECTION; SELF CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33846409467     PISSN: 17423953     EISSN: 17459206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174592006X157526     Document Type: Article

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