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The Diabetes Textbook: Clinical Principles, Patient Management and Public Health Issues
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About The Diabetes Textbook: Clinical Principles, Patient
Product Description Diabetes has become a worldwide health problem, the global estimated prevalence approaches ten percent and the burden of this disease in terms of morbidity and mortality is unprecedented. The advances acquired through the knowledge of the mechanisms of the disease and the variety of therapeutic approaches contrast with the inability of private and public health systems in underdeveloped and even developed countries to achieve the goals of treatment. This paradox has been described in many sources: the surge of scientific advances contrast with an unprecedented amount of human suffering. Thus, a patient centered and an evidence based approach with the capacity to produce measurable clinical and economic outcomes is required. The purpose of this textbook is multiple: to offer a comprehensive resource covering all aspects of outpatient management; to address diabetes as a health problem from an epidemiological, economic and clinical perspective; to discuss the role of social determinants of health on the worldwide increase in diabetes; to highlight the challenges and obstacles in providing adequate care; and to outline a multidisciplinary approach to management in which medical visits retain their importance as part of a team comprising the patient, his or her family and a multidisciplinary group of health professionals who are able to move beyond the traditional approach of diabetes as a disease and greatly improve outcomes. From the Back Cover Diabetes has become a worldwide health problem, the global estimated prevalence approaches ten percent and the burden of this disease in terms of morbidity and mortality is unprecedented. The advances acquired through the knowledge of the mechanisms of the disease and the variety of therapeutic approaches contrast with the inability of private and public health systems in underdeveloped and even developed countries to achieve the goals of treatment. This paradox has been described in many sources: the surge of scientific advances contrast with an unprecedented amount of human suffering. Thus, a patient centered and an evidence based approach with the capacity to produce measurable clinical and economic outcomes is required. The purpose of this textbook is multiple: to offer a comprehensive resource covering all aspects of outpatient management; to address diabetes as a health problem from an epidemiological, economic and clinical perspective; to discuss the role of social determinants of health on the worldwide increase in diabetes; to highlight the challenges and obstacles in providing adequate care; and to outline a multidisciplinary approach to management in which medical visits retain their importance as part of a team comprising the patient, his or her family and a multidisciplinary group of health professionals who are able to move beyond the traditional approach of diabetes as a disease and greatly improve outcomes. About the Author Dr. Joel Rodriguez-Saldaña is a certified internist and diabetologist. He was professor of Medicine at the National University of Mexico (UNAM) from 1980 to 2002 and was previously appointed to several professional positions in secondary and tertiary care hospitals in Mexico City. Starting in 1990 he has devoted to develop and implement an effective model of outpatient diabetes care. Since 1995 he has been associated with the International Diabetes Center from Minneapolis to implement Staged Diabetes Management, a structured program devoted to improve the quality of diabetes care. As head of research from 2001 to 2007 in Hidalgo, Mexico, Dr. Rodriguez-Saldaña devised and implemented the state’s diabetes program, in 2007 he developed and implemented the national diabetes program at ISSSTE, a social security institution that delivers health care to government employees in Mexico and in 2008 he received a grant from Instituto Carlos Slim de Salud to implement and pilot test the Chronic Disease Model for prevention and m
