The diabetes-related attitudes of health care professionals and persons with diabetes in Argentina

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 304-307

  Gagliardino, Juan J ^b,c   González, Claudio ^b   Caporale, Joaquín E ^b   Centeno, Mirta ^a   Chalabe, Patricia ^a   Charadío, María ^a   Commendatore, Víctor ^a   Lapertosa, Silvia ^a   Marcucci, Guillermo ^a   Previtera, Víctor ^a   Raineri, Rosa L ^a   Rubin, Graciela ^a   Szykowsky, María O ^a   Villagra, Mirta ^a  

^a Diabetes Education Study Group of Argentina   (Argentina)

^b University of La Plata CONICET   (Argentina)

^c Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Attitude; Diabetes mellitus; Health knowledge; Patient care team; Practice; Self care

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDINAL SURVEY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIABETES; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH WORKER; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38849170369     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1020-49892007001000002     Document Type: Article

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