Childhood and Adolescent Diabetes - (Practical Diabetes) by Simon Court & Bill Lamb (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Dieses Buch gibt Antwort auf Fragen von Eltern diabetesbetroffener Kinder und von Betreuungspersonal, es zeigt viele praktische Lösungen auf - von der Selbstbeobachtung, Insulingabe und Einhaltung von Diäten bis zur frühen Erkennung möglicher Kombinationen. Geschrieben von Fachleuten, die sich selbst mit der Betreuung jugendlicher Diabetespatienten beschäftigen.

From the Back Cover

The management of diabetes in children and young people continues to develop in important areas, including self-monitoring, insulin delivery, dietary prescription, concept of control and the early identification of complications. Meanwhile responsibility for care has become a partnership between patients, parents and a multi-disciplinary team of health professionals. Key features of Childhood and Adolescent Diabetes include:
* Stand-alone chapters offering practical solutions to problems confronting children, young people and their parents
* Rational advice on monitoring and managing diabetic complications
* Guidance on the involvement of families, schools and teachers
* Discussion of the psychological aspects
* Recommendations on setting standards of care, audit, data-handling and registration
* Suggestions for setting up and running activities beyond the clinic
Practical and accessible, this manual will be invaluable to all members of the diabetes specialist team working with children, including diabetic physicians, paediatricians, diabetic nurse specialists and dieticians. Other titles in the Wiley Practical Diabetes series: Diabetes and Pregnancy: An International Approach to Diagnosis and Management 1996 Anne Dornhorst and David R. Hadden (Editors) Diabetic Complications 1996 Ken M. Shaw (Editor) Prediction, Prevention and Genetic Counseling in IDDM 1995 Jerry P. Palmer (Editor) Diabetes in Old Age 1994 Paul Finucane and Alan J. Sinclair (Editors)

About the Author

Simon Court is the editor of Childhood and Adolescent Diabetes, published by Wiley.

Bill Lamb is the editor of Childhood and Adolescent Diabetes, published by Wiley.