title: Bionursing: diabetes in elderly patients.
abstract: Bionursing is a series of 12 articles looking at how biological theories should integrate with practice. In the fourth article, the authors describe the case study of an elderly, bereaved woman suffering from incontinence and lack of motivation. They argue that with a physical assessment, the woman's underlying problem of diabetes mellitus would have been diagnosed earlier.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jordan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Torrance
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000451:nursing; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D016852:Housing for the Elderly; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment