Resistance to Disease: The Story of a Body Damaged by Diabetes

Authors

  • Cleotilde García-Reza Author Universidad Autonoma del Estado de México Facultad de Enfermeria y Obstetricia
  • Rita Alvirde-Vara Author Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México
  • Martha Landeros-López Author
  • Gloria Solano-Solano Author
  • María Elizabeth Medina-Castro Author

Keywords:

Diabetes, nursing, care, body, disease. (Source, DeCS, Bireme).

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to understand how persons with type 2 diabetes mellitus who reside in a community in the State of Mexico view their illness. Study Materials and Methods: An ethnographic approach was used to support the data analysis. The study was conducted at a primary health care center. It involved eight people who came to the clinic for nursing consultation during the period between December 2009 and July 2010. The ethical aspects particular to the research were respected. Results: Listening to patients who live with diabetes enabled the authors to enter the world of this disease through their stories. Conclusions: An ethnographic approach made it possible to understand the meaning patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus give to their illness, from the standpoint of beliefs and habits. As they described it, their experience enables them to resist the persistence of the disease.

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Author Biography

Cleotilde García-Reza, Universidad Autonoma del Estado de México Facultad de Enfermeria y Obstetricia

Dra. en Enfermeria Profesor Investigador, Lider del Cuerpo academico: Enfermeria y Cuidado a la Salud

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Published

2015-01-16

How to Cite

García-Reza, C., Alvirde-Vara, R., Landeros-López, M., Solano-Solano, G., & Medina-Castro, M. E. (2015). Resistance to Disease: The Story of a Body Damaged by Diabetes. Aquichan, 14(4). Retrieved from https://aquichan.unisabana.edu.co/index.php/aquichan/article/view/3082

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Vol. 14 No. 4 (2014)

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