Consumer health organisations for people with diabetes and arthritis: Who contacts them and why?

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 628-635

  Boyle, Frances M ^a   Mutch, Allyson J ^a   Dean, Julie H ^a   Dick, Marie Louise ^a   Del Mar, Christopher B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Chronic illness; Diabetes; Non profit organisations; Self help groups; Self management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF HELP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; CONSUMER ORGANIZATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS, NONPROFIT; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SELF-HELP GROUPS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350104913     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00864.x     Document Type: Article

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