'Somebody there to watch over you': The role of the family in everyday and emergency diabetes care

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 591-598

  Gunn, Kathleen L ^a   Seers, Kate ^a   Posner, Natasha ^a,c   Coates, Vivien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chronic illness management; Diabetes; Families; Family caregiving; Patient perspectives

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHILD; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROLE; SELF CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867636131     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2012.01073.x     Document Type: Article

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