Being transformed by illness: adolescents' diabetes experience Siendo transformado por la enfermedad: la vivencia del adolescente con diabetes Sendo transformado pela doença: a vivência do adolescente com diabetes

This research aimed to understand the experience of adolescents to live with a chronic illness like diabetes mellitus type 1. Symbolic Interactionism and Grounded Theory were both used as theoretical and methodological frameworks respectively. The results allowed us to know the adolescents' per...

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Main Authors: Elaine Buchhorn Cintra Damião, Carolina Marques Marcondes Pinto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-08-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692007000400008