Title How serious is diabetes? : perceptions of patients and health professionals / Patricia Lynette Dunning

Published [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1998

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Description xxxvi, 330 leaves : illustrations ; 31 cm + 3 booklets Contents Accompanying booklets entitled: Going onto insulin, Heartcare : information for people with diabetes, Managing, preventing and understanding the complications of diabetes Summary The study set out to test the hypothesis that both people with diabetes, and health professionals, perceive diabetes to be less serious if treated with diet than if tablets or insulin injections are used. A triangulation of methods was used. Results supported this hypothesis but the relationship is far from simple and linear Notes Submitted to the Faculty of Education, Deakin University Thesis (Ph.D.)--Deakin University, Victoria, 1998 Bibliography Bibliography: leaves 243-259 Subject Diabetes -- Australia -- Patient education Diabetics -- Australia -- Attitudes. Diabetics -- Counseling of. Diabetes Mellitus. Patient Compliance. Genre/Form Academic theses. Author Deakin University (Geelong) Deakin University. Faculty of Education.

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