Includes bibliographical references and index.

Diagnosing diabetes / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Types of diabetes / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Helping people live with diabetes / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Early detection and prevention of diabetes / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Obesity / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Cardiovascular disease / Ponnusamy Saravanan, Vinod Patel, Tim Holt, Sudhesh Kumar -- Management of blood glucose in type 2 diabetes / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Hyperglycaemic emergencies and management of diabetes in hospital / Sailesh Sankar, Sudhesh Kumar, and Tim Holt -- Insulin therapy / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Hypoglycaemia / Tim Holt, Sudhesh Kumar, and Noreen Kumar -- Self-management of diabetes / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Surveillance for complications / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Kidney disease in diabetes / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Eye disease in diabetes / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- The diabetic foot / Tim Holt, Gurdev Deogon, and Sudhesh Kumar -- Diabetic neuropathy / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Psychological issues related to diabetes care / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Diabetes and pregnancy / Sudhesh Kumar, Aresh Anwar, and Tim Holt -- Organisation of diabetes care in general practice / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- New and emerging therapies for diabetes / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar -- Support for people living with diabetes / Tim Holt and Sudhesh Kumar.