Differences in health and illness beliefs in Zimbabwean men and women with diabetes

Open Nursing Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-125

  Mufunda, Esther ^a,b   Albin, Björn ^a   Hjelm, Katarina ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ZIMBABWE OPEN UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Gender; Health seeking behaviour; Health illness beliefs; Self care; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876476717     PISSN: 18744346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874434601206010117     Document Type: Article

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