Diabetes Management in Clinical Practice 2014th Edition
Author(s): Tahseen A. Chowdhury
Publisher: Springer
Publication Date: 5 Mar. 2014
Edition: 2014th
Language: English
Print length: 152 pages
ISBN-10: 1447148681
ISBN-13: 9781447148685
Book Description
At a time when clinicians are bombarded with masses of clinical information from numerous sources, and the wide variety of changes/advances in diabetes management, there is a need for a concise, easy-to-read book that provides an up-to-date review of the major advances in management of diabetes, with an evidence-based approach. This book is a collection of short chapters, each focused on a subject related to the management of diabetes and its complications. The chapters are written by acknowledged experts in the field, who are also clinicians dealing with diabetes on a day-to-day basis. The text is highly evidence based and well referenced with reviews of relevant trials. It includes the latest developments in diabetes management, prospects for future therapies and avenues of research, as well as therapies currently undergoing clinical trial. In order to facilitate ease of reading, it has a user-friendly appearance, with multiple headings, illustrations and summary boxes. The primaryaudience is clinical, including all healthcare professionals involved in the management of diabetes and its complications. This encompasses diabetologists and endocrinologists, family practitioners with an interest in diabetes, specialist nurses, dietitians and podiatrists.
Editorial Reviews
Review
From the reviews:
“The book, which summarizes the entire spectrum of care in diabetes, with information from experts in the field, is especially useful for practicing clinicians as it seamlessly incorporates information from landmark studies. … the book is written for practicing clinicians, and it is appropriate for residents, general medicine practitioners, family medicine practitioners, and endocrinologists. Each chapter is written by respected practicing endocrinologists who are credible authorities in diabetes care.” (Malini Soundarrajan, Doody’s Book Reviews, May, 2014)
From the Back Cover
Diabetes Management in Clinical Practice 2014th Edition provides a much-needed succinct overview of the advances in the management of diabetes and its complications. Using an evidence-based approach, the authors review relevant trials and discuss prospects for future therapies and avenues of research.
Written by experts in the field for a global audience, Diabetes Management in Clinical Practice is a practical guide for diabetologists and endocrinologists, family practitioners, specialist nurses, dietitians and podiatrists.
About the Author
Dr Tahseen Chowdhury, the editor, is lead clinician in the department of diabetes and metabolism at the Royal London Hospital, East London. He runs a large specialist diabetes and metabolism unit, dealing with diabetes particularly among the Bangladeshi community of Tower Hamlets. Dr Chowdhury has a research and clinical interest in diabetes in South Asians, and has authored over 100 publications, including a patient book entitled Diabetes in South Asian people: Explained. He qualified from the University of Birmingham and trained in Birmingham and Manchester, before becoming a consultant physician in 2000.
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