The Goal is Glycemic Control: Practical Strategies for Promoting Diabetes Self-Care in Clinical Practice

by Patrick Boyle, Mark Richardson

prevalence of type 2 diabetes has seen an increase of nearly 3 million people over the last 2 years and this trend is expected to continue. In many cases, proper screening and effective management of type 2 diabetes can minimize patients’ long-term complications, help avoid short-term complications such as hypoglycemia, and improve overall quality of life. It has been shown that effective interpersonal communication strategies between patients and clinicians can go a long way in increasingpatient compliance and improving lifestyle and treatment adherence.This monograph will provide information forprimary care physicians with the latest cutting-edgedata on how to achieve glycemic control based on the newly revised algorithm from the American Diabetes Association and European Association for the Study of Diabetes. It will also explore communication strategies designed to improve patient adherence to treatment regimens.Target activity is designed for primary care clinicians, including physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists interested in the treatment of type 2 diabetes.

32 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 9, 2011

About the author

Boyle was born in 1905 in Ballymoney, Co. Antrim. He worked for the Ulster Bank in Donegal and Wexford. He began writing when he was in his forties. His first collection of short stories, At Night All Cats are Grey, was published in 1966. He also wrote a novel, Like Any Other Man, published in the same year. These two books were followed by two more collections of stories, All Looks Yellow to the Jaundiced Eye (1969), and A View from Calvary (1976). He was a member of the Irish Academy of Letters. He died in 1982.