Nursing Care of Older People with Diabetes
Contributors: Angus Forbes (Contributor); Susan Hunt (Contributor); Michelle Robins (Contributor); Trisha Dunning (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: June 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781405123648
Subjects: Diabetes; Geriatric nursing; Medical; Diabetes in old age; Medical / Nursing; Nursing - Gerontology; Nursing - General; Diseases - Diabetes; Gerontology; DIABETES_TREATMENT; Health & Fitness / Diseases / Diabetes; Diabetes Mellitus; Aged; Diabetes Complications; Nursing
First sentence: Normal glucose homeostasis is dependent on several simultaneously operating variables: hormones, food intake, nutritional status, tissue sensitivity to insulin and physical activity.