Sources of Uncertainty in Type 2 Diabetes: Explication and Implications for Health Communication Theory and Clinical Practice

Health Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 591-601

  Middleton, Ashley V ^a   LaVoie, Nicole R ^a   Brown, Laura E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; UNCERTAINTY;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INFORMATION THEORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84861493058     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: 15327027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410236.2011.618435     Document Type: Article

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