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Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus
13th ed, edited by C. Ronald Kahn and Gordon C. Weir, 1680 pp, $125, ISBN 0-8121-1531-7, Philadelphia, Pa, Lea & Febiger, 1994.
Mark B. Mengel, MD, MPH, Reviewer
The Family Practice Residency Program at Beverly (Mass) Hospital
Arch Fam Med. 1994;3(7):646.
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The 13th edition ofJoslin's Diabetes Mellitus is a detailed, heavily referenced text that covers all aspects of the management of patients with diabetes mellitus, including pathogenesis, treatment, and complications. The authors are largely drawn from the Joslin Clinic in Boston, Mass, but the editors have also recruited authors from other institutions, encouraging authors to put more emphasis on findings from the literature rather than just describing the local experience and practices at the Joslin Clinic.
The most useful section for the family physician is the treatment selection, in which all of the modalities used to treat the various forms of diabetes mellitus are described in detail, with excellent reviews of the literature, and include chapters on education, diet, exercise, insulin therapy, use of oral hypoglycemics, psychosocial aspects of care, and management of hypoglycemia. Chapters on the treatment of diseases common to patients with diabetes mellitus, such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia
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