A qualitative study of patient experiences of Type 2 Diabetes care delivered comparatively by General Practice Nurses and Medical Practitioners

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 13-14, 2016, Pages 1977-1986

  Boyle, Eileen ^a   Saunders, Rosemary ^b   Drury, Vicki ^c,d  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^d Educare Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

General practice nursing; Patient perceptions of care; Qualitative research; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING PRACTICE; PATIENT SATISFACTION;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE PATTERNS, NURSES'; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS';

EID: 84971408193     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13219     Document Type: Article

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