PRE-GESTATIONAL DIABETES: PREGNANT WOMEN'S EXPERIENCE WITH DISEASE CONTROL

• Main Authors: Aliny de Lima Santos (Author), Elen Ferraz Teston (Author), Hellen Pollyanna Mantelo Cecilio (Author), Deise Serafim (Author), Sonia Silva Marcon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná, 2014-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A descriptive qualitative study, carried out in order to know how pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes deal with the illness. The informants were five women in a high risk prenatal clinic of a University Hospital. The data were collected in June and July 2010, through semi-structured interviews...