The impact on the family of living with a child with Type 1 diabetes

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The impact on the family of living with a child with Type 1 diabetes

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INTRODUCTION Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune condition in which the insulin-secreting beta cells of the pancreas have been destroyed, therefore ceasing to function. The resulting inability to produce insulin, a protein storage hormone which regulates carbohydrate metabolism, leads to hyperglycaemia and associated diabetes conditions such as glycosuria, ketonaemia and ketonuria (American Diabetes Association, 2009). Type 1 diabetes can manifest at any stage during the human life cycle, but is...

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2013

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Symons, Julie

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https://hdl.handle.net/10652/6448

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New Zealand / parents / care givers / children / type 1 diabetes / impacts / families / lived experiences / interviews / Health sciences / Nursing / Nursing not elsewhere classified

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