Educating Your Patient with Diabetes

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Weinger, Katie. (Editor), Carver, Catherine A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press, 2009.
• Series: Contemporary Diabetes
• Subjects: Medicine.; Diabetes.; Endocrinology.; Nursing.; Medicine & Public Health.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-208-7

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...

Table of Contents:

• Educating the Person with Diabetes
• Diabetes Mellitus Overview
• Models of Diabetes Education
• The Diabetes Education Process
• Making the Most of the Outpatient Visit
• Meeting the Challenge of Inpatient Diabetes Education: An Interdisciplinary Approach
• Optimizing Self-Care with Diabetes Complications and Comorbidities
• Role of Culture and Health Literacy in Diabetes Self-Management and Education
• Technology in Self-Care: Implications for Diabetes Education
• Deciphering the Blood Glucose Puzzle with Pattern Management Skills
• Measuring Diabetes Outcomes and Measuring Behavior
• Diabetes Education Program Evaluation: Ensuring Effective Operations
• Working with Challenging Patients in Diabetes Treatment
• Diabetes and Sexual Health
• Diabetes in Pregnancy
• Pediatric Diabetes Education: A Family Affair
• The Challenge of Weight and Diabetes Management in Clinical Practice
• Diabetes Education in Geriatric Populations
• Prevention: Educating Those at Risk for Diabetes.