Editorial: Putting feet first - National guidance at last

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1081-1082

  Jeffcoate, W ^a   Edmonds, M ^b   Rayman, G ^c   Shearman, C ^d   Stuart, L ^e   Turner, B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e Manchester   (United Kingdom)

^f Healthcare Policy Diabetes ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; EDITORIAL; FOOT DISEASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; DIABETIC FOOT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR;

DIABETIC FOOT; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70350780208     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02861.x     Document Type: Editorial

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