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Individualized Diabetes Management: A Guide for Primary Care

21 February 2018

Nursing Standard

Book review

Readers expecting to learn more about type 1 or gestational diabetes should be aware that the focus of this book is solely type 2 diabetes.

Improving self-management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes

06 January 2016

Nursing Standard

CPD

Diabetes is an increasingly common life-long condition, which has significant physical, psychological and behavioural implications for individuals. Self-management...

Experiences of patients with type 2 diabetes starting insulin therapy

14 February 2007

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To explore the lived experience of patients with type 2 diabetes converting to insulin therapy. Method An exploratory qualitative approach was adopted focusing...

Starting patients on insulin therapy: diabetes nurse specialist views

04 April 2007

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To explore the experience and views of diabetes nurse specialists when they converted patients with type 2 diabetes to insulin therapy. Method An exploratory...

General practice: demanding work understanding patterns of work in primary care

01 January 2002

Primary Health Care

Book Review

In a time of rapid change in the way practice is organised and the quality of the same being in critical focus, this text The authors have sought to ‘audit’ working...

The nurse’s communication advantage

01 May 2012

Primary Health Care

Book Review

ALTHOUGH THIS is an interesting concept for a book, I am not sure how useful it is to nurses. Perhaps healthcare professionals in the title would be more...

We do not manage

01 April 1991

Primary Health Care

Letter

I was dismayed to read the letter ‘We want to train’. I have been employed as a facilitator in Aylesbury Vale since 1982 and have encouraged GPs and their teams to...

How to liberate yourself from pain

01 October 2009

Primary Health Care

Book Review

THIS INTERESTING book, will probably be in the self-help book racks by the health food and homeopathic medicines. It offers easy to read practical tips on relieving...

Constructive Conversations about Health

01 November 2006

Primary Health Care

Book Review

The title of this textbook is a little misleading as it does not convey the quality or breadth of its contents and therefore could potentially be overlooked or...

Fundamentals of primary care prescribing

01 June 2007

Primary Health Care

Book Review

This book is clear in its intentions and provides an informative and easy-to-understand description of prescribing, especially for prospective prescribers, but it is...