Diabetes in Practice

Why care for diabetic patients in general practice?; organizing diabetes care in general practice; what is diabetes?; diet and diabetes; oral hypolycaemic drugs and insulin; good diabetic control; hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemic emergencies; chronic complications; education; living with diabetes; sexual function, contraception and pregnancy; alcohol and diabetes; diabetes and other medical conditions; special groups; the poorly-controlled diabetic patient; practical management of type II diabetes - a synopsis. Appendices: average weight for height and age tables; diet during intercurrent illness; drugs which may affect glycaemic control; items prescribable on FP10 prescriptions.