TY - JOUR

T1 - 'Oh it's a wonderful practice ... you can talk to them': a qualitative study of patients' and health professionals' views on the management of type 2 diabetes.

AU - Pooley, Colin

AU - Gerrard, Catherine

AU - Hollis, Sally

AU - Morton, Stephen

AU - Astbury, John

PY - 2001/9

Y1 - 2001/9

N2 - This paper uses 85 semi-structured interviews with people with type 2 diabetes, and with the health professionals who deliver their diabetes care, to explore the issues that they perceive as central to effective management of diabetes primarily within a primary care setting. Attention is especially focused on the nature of the patient-practitioner relationship, and on the implications of this for patient empowerment and the effective self-management of diabetes. The paper is organized around five key concepts identified in the qualitative analysis: the importance of having sufficient time for consultations; the significance of continuity of care through a named individual; the need for patients to have an opportunity to ask questions during a consultation; the extent to which patients feel that they are listened to by health professionals; and the variability of each patient�s individual experience of living with diabetes. In conclusion, these themes are briefly related to key issues in the geography of health.

AB - This paper uses 85 semi-structured interviews with people with type 2 diabetes, and with the health professionals who deliver their diabetes care, to explore the issues that they perceive as central to effective management of diabetes primarily within a primary care setting. Attention is especially focused on the nature of the patient-practitioner relationship, and on the implications of this for patient empowerment and the effective self-management of diabetes. The paper is organized around five key concepts identified in the qualitative analysis: the importance of having sufficient time for consultations; the significance of continuity of care through a named individual; the need for patients to have an opportunity to ask questions during a consultation; the extent to which patients feel that they are listened to by health professionals; and the variability of each patient�s individual experience of living with diabetes. In conclusion, these themes are briefly related to key issues in the geography of health.

M3 - Journal article

VL - 9

SP - 318

EP - 326

JO - Health and Social Care in the Community

JF - Health and Social Care in the Community

SN - 0966-0410

IS - 5

ER -