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Table of Contents:

List of Contributors
Preface
Dedications
1 Abnormal Glucose Tolerance in Old Age: The Scale of the Problem 1
2 Ageing and Glucose Tolerance 21
3 Prevention of Diabetes in Elderly People 45
4 Establishing the Diagnosis 69
5 Acute Complications of Diabetes in Elderly Patients 93
6 Chronic Complications of Diabetes 107
7 The Diabetic Foot 137
8 Initial Management of Non-insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus in the Elderly 181
9 Insulin Therapy 203
10 Managing Surgery in the Elderly Diabetic Patient 221
11 Rehabilitating the Elderly Diabetic Patient 235
12 The Role of the General Practitioner in the Care of the Elderly Diabetic Patient 255
13 Modern Perspectives and Recent Advances 269
Index 285