TY - BOOK AU - Drury, Paul L. AU - Gatling, Wendy TI - Diabetes: your questions answered T2 - Your questions answered SN - 0443073899 PY - 2005/// CY - Edinburgh PB - Churchill Livingstone KW - DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2, complications KW - DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2, therapy KW - GENERAL PRACTICE, methods KW - PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT, methods N1 - 1. Background to Diabetes 2. Natural History, Glycaemic Control and Complications 3. Clinical Presentation and Initial Management of Diabetes 4. Dietary and Lifestyle Management 5. Use of Oral Hypoglycaemic Agents 6. Insulin Treatment 7. Hypoglycaemia 8. Problems with Glycaemic Control 9. Decompensated Diabetes 10. Organisation and Delivery of Diabetes Care 11. Issues of Daily Life with Diabetes 12. Reproduction and Sexual Function 13. Macrovascular Disease and its Prevention 14. Renal Disease in Diabetes 15. Eye Disease in Diabetes 16. Neuropathy 17. Diabetic Foot and Peripheral Arterial Disease 18. Other Complications and Accompaniments of Diabetes 19. Stages of Change 20. Smoking Cessation Useful Resources References and Further Reading Glossary of Studies and Trials in Diabetes List of Patient Questions Index N2 - Paperback; This book, written in the popular Q and A format of the ""Your Questions Answered"" series, provides accessible, expert information for a primary care doctor or other member of the primary care team to be able to understand and treat patients with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. Answers are presented in a succinct, readable style, with emphasis on evidence-based, up-to-date knowledge ER -