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Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 18, No. 5, 606-619 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/1049732308316346
© 2008 SAGE Publications

To Discipline a "Dog": The Essential Structure of Mastering Diabetes

Brynja Ingadottir

Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland, brynjain{at}landspitali.is

Sigridur Halldorsdottir

University of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland

In this article we describe the findings of a study in which the essential structure of mastering diabetes was explored from the patient's viewpoint, emphasizing the lived experience of adhering and not adhering to a complex treatment regimen for diabetes.

Key Words: adherence • chronic illness • diabetes • phenomenology • interpretive methods • health care • users' experiences • illness and disease • interviews • unstructured • self-care


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