Empowerment in middle-aged people with diabetes: The importance of working relationships

Journal of Diabetes Nursing

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 190-195

  Stubbs, Margaret ^a,b  

^a Ash Yale Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b RCN Diabetes Forum Steering Committee ^*

Author keywords

Health beliefs; Middle age; Patient understanding

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349077964     PISSN: 13681109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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