Evidence-Based Diabetes Care

Diabetes is an increasingly common chronic disorder in both developing and developed countries. As a lifelong condition, it places considerable burdens on individuals with the disorder, their families and their carers. The rapid advance in knowledge about how best to prevent, diagnose and manage this disease is a challenge to all those who plan and provide health care for people with diabetes. This book responds to that challenge by summarizing in a systematic fashion, the current evidence on diabetes prevention and care. Each expert review is accompanied by a critical commentary. Concepts such as 'evidence-based practice', 'systematic review', 'efficacy' and 'effectiveness' are explained. The book should encourage the examination and evaluation of the state of the evidence for current approaches to the prevention and management of diabetes and its complications. It also considers the best options for the organisation of diabetes care. The Evidence Base for Diabetes Care will prove invaluable to all those who plan and provide diabetes care, e.g. diabetologists, clinical endocrinologists and members of the diabetes specialist team.Williams, Rhys is the author of 'Evidence-Based Diabetes Care' with ISBN 9780471988762 and ISBN 0471988766.