Lived experience of diabetes among older, rural people

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1092-1100

  George, Sharon R ^a   Thomas, Sandra P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Gerontology; Nursing; Older people; Phenomenology; Rural health; Self management

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE;

EID: 77953044136     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05278.x     Document Type: Article

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