It's not just about the HbA1c, Doc! Understanding the psychosocial is also important in managing diabetes?

Australian Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-19

  Greenfield, Charlie ^a   Gilles, Marisa ^b   Porter, Cynthia ^b   Shaw, Peter ^b   Willis, Kathy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Psychological; Rural general practice; Social problem

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79251512008     PISSN: 10385282     EISSN: 14401584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2010.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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