Diabetes
Use this guide to find information resources about diabetes including books, reports and journal articles
Key Resources
RCN Learn: Diabetes essentials -
This resource is designed to provide an overview of the core concepts of diabetes, diagnosis and current treatments, your role and responsibilities in regard to treating people living with diabetes.
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A network of carers, health social care professionals and people living with diabetes working in partnership with Diabetes UK to deliver better care.
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Access guidance on considerate language usage for positive outcomes within diabetes care.
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Access interactive data visualisations relating to the care of people with diabetes.
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Access audits, educational resources, and pathways for care relating to the care for people with diabetes.
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Access educational resources to inform best practice in diabetes care.
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Resources and tools to help healthcare professionals and commissioners improve diabetes care.
Articles
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Brief item.
Books
Davidson T (2020) What you need to know about diabetes. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO.
Dunning T and Sinclair A J (2020) Care of people with diabetes: a manual for healthcare practice. Newark: John Wiley and Sons.
Holt R I G and Flyvbjerg A (2024) Textbook of diabetes. 6th edn. Newark: John Wiley & Sons.
Klonoff D C, Kerr D and Mulvaney S A (2020) Diabetes digital health. San Diego: Elsevier.
Kopelman P G, Caterson I D and Dietz W H (2022) Clinical obesity in adults and children. 4th edn. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
Ng M(2022) A guide to type 1 diabetes management, technology, and everything else you need to know. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Phillips A (2023) Diabetes care at a glance. Hoboken: Wiley Blackwell.
Sam A H, Meeran K and Hill N (2023) Endocrinology and diabetes: lecture notes. Second edn. Hoboken, NJ, USA: Wiley Blackwell.
Sinclair A and others (eds.) (2017) Diabetes in old age. 4th edn. Chichester: Wiley Blackwell.
Taylor R and Alberti G (2021) Life without diabetes: the definitive guide to understanding and reversing Type 2 diabetes. New York: HarperCollins.
Veves A, Giurini J M and Guzman R J (2019) The diabetic foot: medical and surgical management. 4th edn. Cham: Humana Press. Book subject searches
Journal articles
Journals
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