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Karen Reed


Key Subject Areas and Special Interests


  • Diabetes
    • aetiology
    • genetics
    • management
    • psychological aspects
    • complications
  • Patient education
    • health education
    • therapeutic patient education
    • patient information
    • genetic counselling
    • patient perceptions of health, illness, diseases, risk etc.
  • Effectiveness of health care delivery
    • patient-provider communication
    • availability of information and support for consumers
    • accessibility of health care services
    • consumer behaviours especially in relation to using health care services
  • Use of Internet technology
    • as an educational medium
    • influence of the Internet on patient-provider interactions
    • as a tool for data collection in health care research
  • Health policy
    • research
    • translation of research findings
    • communication between researchers and policy makers
  • Clinical biochemistry
  • Basic research experience:
    • genetics and genotyping (diabetes)
    • protein chemistry & cell biology: fibrinogen chemistry and wound healing