Psychosocial Care for People with Diabetes

by Deborah Young-Hyman, Ph.D., and Mark Peyrot, Ph.D.

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Psychosocial Care for People with Diabetes covers all of the issues that care providers should consider when a patient takes on the burdens of diabetes self-management and deals with living with a chronic disease. Sections cover behavioral health, self-management, implementation of treatment technology, and life course issues.

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Author Biography

Deborah Young-Hyman, Ph.D. is a diabetes/obesity researcher at the Georgia Prevention Institute of the Medical College of Georgia. With extended experience as a clinician, her research specialty is the psychosocial aspects of diabetes treatment and care. She lives in Augusta, GA.

Mark Peyrot, Ph.D. is a professor of sociology at Loyola College and serves on the research faculty in the School of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. His current research examines psychosocial aspects in the management of and adjustment to chronic disease, especially diabetes. He lives in Baltimore, MD.

American Diabetes Association

American Diabetes Association

The American Diabetes Association is the world’s largest publisher of titles on diabetes care and treatment, setting the standards of patient care based on the latest research.

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher American Diabetes Association
  • Publication Date December 2012
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781580404396 / 1580404391
  • Publication Country or regionUnited States
  • FormatPaperback
  • Primary Price 49.95 USD
  • Pages100
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Dimensions6 x 9 inches
  • Biblio NotesDigital edition ISBN13: 9781580405256

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