Abstract Approximately 40–60% of all amputations of the lower extremity are performed in
patients with diabetes. More than 85% of these amputations are precipitated by a foot ulcer …

In this paper, Rosemarie Streeton, Mary Cooke and Jackie Campbell focus on an aspect of
the needs and obligations of the UK Research Governance Framework (Doll 2001). In …

Background: During the past few decades Sweden has developed into a multicultural
society. The proportion of patients with different cultural backgrounds increases, which …

The study explored beliefs about health and illness in females with diabetes mellitus (DM)
from different religious backgrounds living in Sweden. Swedes showed an active self-care …

PURPOSE Latinos have a high prevalence of diabetes and disproportionately experience
diabetic complications. We sought to examine the association of acculturation on healthy …

Background Access to health services is an important health determinant. New research in
health equity is required, especially amongst economic migrants from developing countries …

Background. Professionals and patients understand the experience of illness from different
worlds. Professionals' explanatory models focus on aetiology, diagnosis, pathophysiology …

Objectives: Self-management is widely promoted but evidence of effectiveness is limited.
Policy encourages health care professionals to support people with long-term conditions to …

hjelm k., mufunda e., nambozi g. &kemp j.(2003) Journal of Advanced Nursing 41 (5), 424–
434 Preparing nurses to face the pandemic of diabetes mellitus: a literature review …

Critical analysis of everyday self‐care decision making in chronic illness Aims of the paper.
The purpose of the paper is to (1) identify prevalent assumptions that underlie the traditional …