Determinants of quality of life in primary care patients with diabetes: Implications for social workers

Health and Social Work

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-236

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Gross, Revital ^a,b   Tabenkin, Hava ^c   Porath, Avi ^c   Heymann, Anthony ^d   Porter, Boaz ^d  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Myers JDC Brookdale Institute

^c CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^d MACCABI HEALTHCARE SERVICES   (Israel)

Author keywords

Disease management; Illness representations; Patient physician relationships; Quality of life; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 52749098004     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/33.3.229     Document Type: Article

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