title: Living with diabetes: issues for nursing practice.
abstract: Discussion in this paper is based on findings drawn from research undertaken within a qualitative framework of analysis, and with the purpose of exploring people's perceptions of living with diabetes, including the nursing care they receive. A major theoretical concern is to demonstrate the importance of placing patients' and clients' experiences at the centre of nursing interest and practice. It is argued that understanding a disease process should of necessity include an understanding of the concerns of those who live with it. Findings related to the following research questions are discussed: first, what are the challenges of living with diabetes? and second, what are people's perceptions of the nursing care they receive?
authors.affiliation: Okanagan University College, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Callaghan
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009042:Motivation; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D011340:Problem Solving; D012648:Self Care