Interventions for the family with diabetes.
This article demonstrates that families can make a difference in diabetes outcomes and nurses can make a difference in how families organize and interact around the person with diabetes. Highlighted are key findings from the research on families and diabetes across different phases of the lifespan. Recommendations for general practice with families that might be adapted by nurses to different settings in which they care for families with diabetes are included.
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Department of Family Health Care Nursing, University of California San Francisco, CA 94143-0606, USA.
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