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

Authors :: Gilbert, Kate
Dodson, Sarity
Gill, Marie
McKenzie, Rosemary
Source :: Diabetes Spectrum. Summer, 2012, Vol. 25 Issue 3, p180, 12 p.
Publication Year :: 2012
Abstract: Type 1 diabetes is a chronic, incurable, and life-threatening metabolic illness. Management demands of the condition are complex and intensive, and clinical management requires a specialist multidisciplinary team. (1,2) Despite [...]

Subjects :: Type 1 diabetes -- Control -- Health aspects -- Care and treatment
Diabetics -- Health aspects -- Technology application -- Social aspects
Social networks -- Health aspects -- Usage
Technology application
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