Social representations of low-income diabetic women according to the health-disease process Representaciones sociales de las mujeres diabéticas de clases populares en lo referente al proceso salud y enfermedad Representações sociais de mulheres diabéticas, de camadas populares, em relação ao processo saúde-doença

• Main Authors: Denise Siqueira Péres (Author), Laércio Joel Franco (Author), Manoel Antônio dos Santos (Author), Maria Lúcia Zanetti (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2008-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The purpose of this article is to identify the social representations of low-income diabetic women according to the health-disease process. This is a descriptive, exploratory study. Eight participants, all of them patients at a basic health unit in Ribeirão Preto, were interviewed in 2003. The data...