Partners in Diabetes: Action research in a primary care setting

Action Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 378-406

  Mendenhall, Tai J ^a   Doherty, William J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

chronic illness; Citizen Health Care; community based participatory research; diabetes; Partners in Diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249151219     PISSN: 14767503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1476750307083722     Document Type: Article

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