Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
This is an academic study investigating how forums (or 'fora' to give it its proper plural!) are helping to place the person with diabetes at the centre of their care. There's a lot of (often 'lip service') talk about how the PWD is the head of their own healthcare team, but often the reality is that healthcare professionals see themselves as 'care-givers' and us as 'care-receivers' - they think they know best, as has been recently seen in the debate about testing for Type 2s!
It's quite long (hence me having to post it on my blog rather than directly here!), but very interesting. Skip to 'Methodology' if you don't have time to read the background theories (although they are worth reading too!)
http://diabetespoetry.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-is-academic-study-investigating.html
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It's quite long (hence me having to post it on my blog rather than directly here!), but very interesting. Skip to 'Methodology' if you don't have time to read the background theories (although they are worth reading too!)
http://diabetespoetry.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-is-academic-study-investigating.html
🙂