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Diabetes education : art, science, and evidence / edited by Trisha Dunning.

Pennsylvania Hospital Library WK 815 D4455 2013
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Dunning, Trisha.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Diabetes--Study and teaching.
Diabetes.
Diabetes Mellitus--therapy.
Diabetes Complications--prevention & control.
Patient Education as Topic--methods.
Self Care.
Patient Compliance.
Medical Subjects:
Diabetes Mellitus--therapy.
Diabetes Complications--prevention & control.
Patient Education as Topic--methods.
Self Care.
Patient Compliance.
Physical Description:
xxvii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Summary:
"Diabetes education is a process, the key to which is establishing a therapeutic relationship with the individual. The overall goal of diabetes education is to enhance the individual's health capability, including their ability to solve problems and apply the learning to self-care. Thus, diabetes education is an interactive process of teaching and learning where information is co-generated. This innovative new book explores the 'how' of diabetes education, rather than the 'what' and the 'why'. This thought stimulating textbook will helping health care practitioners to teach diabetes effectively from diagnosis and ensure people living with diabetes get the individualised support and information. It will enable practitioners and educators to examine and reflect on their practice when managing the diabetic patient. Bringing together all the thinking and experience on the diabetes journey in one text, this book will be essential reading for all practitioners and students in involved in diabetes care"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Brief overview of diabetes, the disease
The journey of the person with diabetes
Teaching and learning: the art and science of making connections
Making choices, setting goals
The teacher: moving from good to exceptional
People do not always speak the same language even when they speak the same language
Role and use of creative arts in diabetes care
Turning points and transitions: crises and opportunities
Sharing stories of the journey: peer education
Diabetes: a lifetime of learning
Medicine self-management: more than just taking pills
The advance of health information technology: travelling the internet superhighway
Leadership-know yourself: influence others.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780470656051
0470656050
9781118302385
1118302389
OCLC:
794961729

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