Online communities are valued by people with type 1 diabetes for peer support: How well do health professionals understand this?

Diabetes Spectrum

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 180-191

  Gilbert, Kate ^a   Dodson, Sarity ^b   Gill, Marie ^c   McKenzie, Rosemary ^d  

^a Type 1 Diabetes Network   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Gill and Willcox Consulting   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; DIABETIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEER GROUP; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 84865597376     PISSN: 10409165     EISSN: 19447353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diaspect.25.3.180     Document Type: Article

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