Open AccessJunctures to the therapeutic goal of diabetes mellitus: Experience in a tertiary care hospital of Kolkata
Author(s) -
SK Lahiri,
Dibakar Haldar,
S. Chowdhury,
Sarkar Gn,
Samarjit Bhadury,
UK Datta
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of mid-life health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.423
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 0976-7819
pISSN - 0976-7800
DOI - 10.4103/0976-7800.83271
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , glycemic , informed consent , disease , observational study , family medicine , compliance (psychology) , empowerment , interview , asymptomatic , alternative medicine , psychology , endocrinology , social psychology , pathology , political science , law
The World Health Organization has declared India as the "diabetic capital" of the world. In controlling of such chronic, mostly asymptomatic disease, patients' role can't be overemphasized.