Educating Your Patient with Diabetes (Hardcover, 2009 ed.)

Captures the art and science of diabetes self-management education Serves to help educators support their patients in their diabetes self-care efforts Focuses on diabetes self-care with education as the major component Diabetes affects an estimated 20 million people in the United States, with many people remaining unaware that they suffer from the disease. While the number of diabetics continues to rise, the number of caregivers who specialize in diabetes treatment does not. In Educating Your Patient with Diabetes, Katie Weinger and Catherine Carver assemble commentary from a panel of leading diabetes practitioners and researchers and put together a highly readable guide to supplying patients with diabetes with the information and ability to successfully cope with their disease. The authors and editors provide substantive data on successful models of diabetes education and the process of educating diabetes sufferers. Additional chapters discuss diabetes in pregnancy, the challenge of weight and diabetes management in clinical practice, and diabetes education in geriatric populations. Timely and accessible, Educating Your Patient with Diabetes is a must have for all diabetes educators, physician assistants, nurses, and endocrinologists who endeavor to support their patients' diabetes self-care efforts and help them maximize the opportunities for patient learning.

General

Imprint:	HumanaPress
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Contemporary Diabetes
Release date:	November 2008
First published:	2009
Editors:	Katie Weinger • Catherine A. Carver
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	334
Edition:	2009 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-60327-207-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Endocrinology > Diabetes
LSN:	1-60327-207-0
Barcode:	9781603272070

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