| Description |
ix, 303 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. What is diabetes? -- 2. Diagnosis and screening for diabetes -- 3. Psychological care -- 4. The person with type 2 diabetes -- 5. The person with type 1 diabetes -- 6. Food for life -- 7. Monitoring diabetes -- 8. Cardiovascular risk reduction -- 9. Microvascular disease -- 10. Foot care -- 11. Education for life -- 12. Improving care |
| Summary |
"This book provides a comprehensive text on the management of the person with diabetes in the community and will be helpful to dietitians, podiatrists and GPs, and especially to practice nurses, district nurses and health visitors. It has been written from a community perspective by a multiprofessional team and advocates principles of care based on the latest research. It focuses on the role of the professional in assisting in self-care of the individual with diabetes. It also includes caring for the person in long-term care settings, for example, nursing homes."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
Rev. ed of: Diabetes caring for patients in the community. Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, c1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Diabetes -- Treatment -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Primary care (Medicine) -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Diabetes Mellitus -- therapy.
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Community Health Nursing.
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Patient Care Team.
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Patient Education as Topic.
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Primary Health Care -- methods.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Author |
Brown, Florence J.
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Matthews, David M., FRCP.
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McDowell, Joan R. S.
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| LC no. |
2006051705 |
| ISBN |
9780443101038 |
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