The empowerment process in people with diabetes: An Iranian perspective

International Nursing Review

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 447-453

  Abdoli, S ^a   Ashktorab, T ^a   Ahmadi, F ^b   Parvizi, S ^c   Dunning, T ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empowerment process; Grounded theory; Iran; People with diabetes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRIEND; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; SHAME; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY; SHAME; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 55949136395     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2008.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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