Search for dissertations about: "Nuha Saleh Stattin"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words Nuha Saleh Stattin.

2. 1. Immigrant Patients with Diabetes: How They Understand, Learn to Manage and Live with Their Diabetes

   Author : Nuha Saleh Stattin; Frank Snoek; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : Medical sciences; Diabetes; culture; understanding; patient s experiences; patient-centered; MEDICIN OCH VÅRD; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; Social Medicine; socialmedicin;

   Abstract : This study was initially based on the assumption that difficulties that arise between the Swedish health-care providers and immigrant diabetes patients are due to linguistic and cultural barriers. This assumption weakened as the study developed and began to point to the fact that the patient’s own understanding of his experience of living with and managing his diabetes has a more far-reaching effect than that of the cultural and linguistic differences. READ MORE