Document of care for older people with diabetes

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 848, 1996, Pages 334-338

  Sinclair, A J ^a   Turnbull, C J ^b   Croxson, Scm ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Bristol General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SULFONYLUREA;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC OBESITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; LIFESTYLE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0029938110     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.848.334     Document Type: Short Survey

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