Modern diabetes care requires a great many skills from all members of the diabetes team in order to provide optimum care for patients. This service has to be provided against the background of the GMS contract and the NICE guidelines.
In this thoroughly updated and revised fifth edition of Mary MacKinnon's 'bible', Gwen Hall uses her wealth of experience to provide practical, evidence-based guidance on all aspects of the complex and demanding job of managing diabetes in primary care.
Includes:
The key, need-to-know information about diabetes
Rules and guidance for the GMS contract, NICE and nurse prescribing
Practical information on how to carry out tests, examinations and investigations
Easy-to-teach self-management lessons for your patients
Templates for patient reference materials
Tips, tricks and advice based on Gwen's extensive experience of diabetes care
"The best just got better. Treasure it."
Eugene Hughes, Chairman, Primary Care Diabetes Europe
"The complete guide for the primary health care team."
Dr Michael Hall, Former Chairman of Diabetes UK
"It is a real contribution to a modern understanding of so many aspects of diabetes."
Professor Harry Keen, Former Vice President of Diabetes UK
"Anyone reading it will be in very safe hands and feel their confidence in diabetes growing chapter by chapter."
Charles Fox, Consultant Physician, Northampton General Hospital
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Höhe: 234 mm
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Dicke: 27 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-85959-154-3 (9781859591543)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Part I Diabetes: an overview
1. Diabetes mellitus in the United Kingdom
2. Responsibilities of those involved in the provision of diabetes care
3. The General Medical Services contract and practice-based commissioning
4. The educational needs of the team
Part II Providing diabetes care
5. The diabetes service in general practice
6. The practice diabetes register and links with specialist services
7. The diagnosis and symptoms of diabetes mellitus
8. Providing the service
9. Nurse prescibing in diabetes
10. Non-medical treatment of diabetes
11. Drug and insulin therapy
12. Monitoring and control
13. Eye care and screening
14. Foot care and surveillance
15. Aspects of culture relating to diabetes care
16. Structured patient education
17. Personal diabetes records and care plans
18. Living with diabetes
19. Auditing care
Part III About diabetes
20. Diabetes mellitus: a history of the condition
21. Type 1 diabetes mellitus
22. Type 2 diabetes mellitus
23. Other categories of diabetes
24. Complications of diabetes
25. New insights
Appendices
Glossary
