Practical Diabetes Care for Healthcare Professionals

Abstract

This is the second edition of a paperback on the increasingly prevalent chronic condition of diabetes. The book author is a Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Manitoba, Canada. The author’s objective is to ‘provide the practical aspect to translate guideline dissemination into daily implementation’, acknowledging that evidence-based clinical guidelines are broad-based and therefore not practical. The target audience is all healthcare professionals involved in diabetes care. The book covers all important aspects of clinical diabetes care. The individual chapters examine the organization of diabetes care in the community and in the hospital, the use of technology in the management of diabetes, the acute and chronic complications of diabetes, and treatment considerations in the elderly and pregnancy. Each chapter starts with an abstract which summarizes key concepts and ends with a reference list of major sources. Real-life case studies are used where appropriate to enhance understanding and consolidate learning. The text is supplemented with informative tables; this includes an easy-reference 17-page table of all currently available oral and injectable medications, outlining their mechanism of action, dose, action time, benefits and disadvantages. The book can be read from cover to cover, but it is also easy to dip into to locate information of interest.