Description
Book SynopsisIncluding information for parents of children with diabetes, this text offers solutions to the problems confronting children, young people and parents. Suggestions are also given for professionals developing packages of care, audit systems, standards and activities outside the diabetic clinics.
Table of ContentsAetiology, Epidemiology, Immunology, Environmental Factors, Genetics and Prevention (W. Lamb).
Diabetes--Management of the First Few Weeks (I. Jefferson M. Kibirige).
Diabetes in the Under-Fives (C. McCowen).
The Point and Purpose of the Clinic--Personnel and Practical Aspects (K. Robertson W. Lamb).
The Concept of Control (D. Matthews).
Insulin Strategies (J. Wales).
Acute Complications of Diabetes (J. Edge K. Matyka).
Growth in Diabetes and Other Associated Auto-immune Conditions (I. Jefferson).
Exercise and Diabetes (M. Kibirige S. Court).
Parents and Children--Stories, Pictures and Explanations (S. Court).
Appendices.
Index.
