As anyone who works in general practice or the community knows, managing diabetes as well as everything else is a superhuman task - especially with treatment guidelines changing all the time. Written by two experts in the field, this book will give you all the support you need for best practice in diabetes care.
This new fourth edition includes commentary on the implementation strategy of the National Service Framework, DESMOND (Diabetes Self-management for Ongoing and Newly Diagnosed) and the new GP Contract, as well as covering new insights into Type 2 diabetes and how to manage it.
If you are involved in diabetes, particularly Type 2 diabetes, this handy guide is a must for you.
Gives you:
*Clear and concise information at a glance - Vital Points highlighted throughout
*All the information you need in only 112 pages
*Expert guidance to diabetes care - gives you the confidence to know that your patients are getting the best advice
*Patient and carer information you can photocopy for patients to take away with them
*All the vital facts and figures about diabetes, for your information and use
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Excellent book - good quick reference material for use within the clinical area. Julie Grindley, Practice Nursing Sister, Audlem Medical Practice, Crewe
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Höhe: 210 mm
Breite: 147 mm
Dicke: 8 mm
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978-1-85959-227-4 (9781859592274)
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Dr Charles Fox BM, FRCP is a Consultant Physician with Special Interest in Diabetes at Northampton General Hospital Trust, with over 30 years of experience in diabetes care. he has also co-written the Class Health books Type 1 Diabetes: Answers at your Fingertips (seventh edition) and Diabetes Type 2: Essentials.
RGN MMed Sci Diabetes Nurse Specialist in Sheffield with a back ground of diabetes care and nursing in general practice
1 Impact and new insights
2 National Service Frameworks and NICE
3 Screening and identification
4 Early management of type 2 diabetes
5 Educating patients
6 Longer term management of type 2 diabetes
7 How to control blood glucose levels
8 How to reduce long-term complications of diabetes
9 How to manage type 1 diabetes
10 How to manage pregnancy and gestational diabetes
11 Living with diabetes
12 Emergencies and illness
13 Diabetes care and general practice
14 Blood glucose self-monitoring
15 Specimen agreed protocols with secondary care
16 The GP Contract: Clinical quality indicators for diabetes
17 Glossary of terms
18 Resources