Diabetes Mellitus: Indigenous naming, indigenous diagnosis and self-management in an African setting: the example from Cameroon

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The objective was to examine how the indigenous naming, indigenous self-diagnosis and management of diabetes evolved with awareness in order to develop a socially oriented theoretical model for its care.</p> <p>Methods<...

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Main Authors: Awah Paschal K, Unwin Nigel C, Phillimore Peter R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2009-02-01
Series:BMC Endocrine Disorders
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6823/9/5