Dr. Anne Phillips is Professor in Diabetes Care, National Teaching Fellow and Queen's Nurse, Programme Lead for Advancing Diabetes Care, at Birmingham City University. Following a career in specialist and community diabetes nursing, Anne has established an international collaborative curriculum for health professionals in diabetes care.

Contributors ix
Acknowledgements x
Part 1 Introduction 1
1 Diabetes prevention 2
2 Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes 4
3 Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes 6
4 Consultation approaches and language matters 8
Part 2 Principles of diabetes care 11
5 Promotion of healthy eating 12
6 Physical activity promotion 14
7 Promoting weight loss 16
8 Structured education in type 1 diabetes 18
9 Structured education in type 2 diabetes 20
10 Information prescriptions 22
11 Emotional and psychological support 24
12 Person-centred goal setting and assessing risk 26
13 Partnership working and adjustment to living with diabetes 28
Part 3 Pharmacological treatments 31
14 Oral antidiabetic medications 32
15 Insulin options 34
16 Insulin administration and injection technique 36
17 Insulin pump therapy 38
18 Self blood glucose monitoring 40
19 Continuous and flash glucose monitoring 42
20 Interpreting glucose data 44
21 Blood pressure and lipid management 46
Part 4 Acute complications 49
22 Recognizing and treating hypoglycaemia 50
23 Sick day advice 52
24 Diabetes-related ketoacidosis 54
25 Diabetes and steroids 56
Part 5 Life Stages 59
26 Transition 60
27 Preconception care and diabetes 62
28 Gestational diabetes 64
Part 6 Complications 67
29 Annual reviews in diabetes care 68
30 Neurovascular foot assessment 70
31 ACT NOW: A foot assessment tool 72
32 Types of ulcers and their presentations 74
33 Wound healing and tissue viability 76
Part 7 Risk reductions 79
34 Cardiovascular disease risk reduction 80
35 Neuropathic complications of diabetes 82
36 Nephropathic complications 84
37 Retinal screening 86
38 Retinopathy 88
39 Liver complications 90
40 Skin conditions in diabetes 92
41 Sexual dysfunction in people with diabetes 94
Part 8 Other considerations 97
42 Travel and diabetes 98
43 Monogenic diabetes 100
44 Older people with diabetes 102
45 Cognitive decline and diabetes 104
46 End of life and diabetes 106
Index 108