Top Document: diabetes FAQ: sources (part 4 of 5) Previous Document: How can I contact the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)? Next Document: Could you recommend some good magazines? See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge You mean to curl up with on the sofa? Oh, diabetes ... OK. My favorite book is Mayer Davidson's _Diabetes Mellitus: Diagnosis and Treatment_, published by Churchill Livingstone. Though written as a medical text, anyone willing to plow through an occasional dense passage and keep a dictionary handy will have no trouble with it. (See below about medical terminology.) Being written mostly by a single person, it is much better focussed than the "committee" books which are so common. And it's very cheap for medical books, US$42 in 1994. Charles Coughran <csc(AT)coast.ucsd.edu> recommends _Management of Diabetes Mellitus Perspectives of Care Across the Lifespan_, Debra Haire-Joshu (editor), Mosby Year Book, 1992, ISBN 0-8016-2429-0. He says it's as good as Davidson, readable, and aimed at a similar audience. Coughran and Steve Kirchoefer <swkirch(AT)chrisco.nrl.navy.mil> recommend _Joslin's Diabetes Manual_ by Krall and Beaser, Lea&Febiger 1988. Though somewhat lacking in consistency due to the multitude of writers, it's a useful practical book. The Joslin Institute is world renowned for its support of diabetes research and treatment, and the price of the book is reasonable. Coughran further recommends _Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus_ (13th edition) edited by Kahn and Weir, 1994. It's another book that suffers a lack of consistency due to the multitude of writers, but it contains a wealth of information. Lots of biochemistry and also sections on practical day-to-day management. Oriented toward health care professionals. 1068 pages, $125. Terence Griffin <griffin(AT)cam.nist.gov> recommends _Therapy for Diabetes Mellitus and Related Disorders_. It's a professional level book compiled and published by the ADA, now in its second edition. See below for ADA ordering information. Steve Marschman <sc_marschman(AT)pnl.gov> recommends John Davidson's _Clinical Diabetes Mellitus, A Problem-Oriented Approach_ (2nd edition), published by Thieme Medical Publications, New York. Written from a care-giver's perspective, it is an excellent technical resource book with medical descriptions of diabetes mellitus, diagnosis, treatment, complications, and concomitant problems. Price about US$150, but often available used for much less. (As far as I know, the two Davidsons, Mayer and John, are not related.) The American Diabetes Association publishes a number of books with basic diabetes information of various sorts -- self care, diet, recipes, etc. Deb Martinson <llama(AT)drizzle.com> especially recommends _The ADA Complete Guide to Diabetes_, about $6 in paperback and published in 1996. See the ADA's web site at http://www.diabetes.org or use the phone numbers or address in the following section. Any university library will have a large number of books on diabetes, and they will be grouped together on the shelves. Go and browse. The books mentioned above can be found in most university libraries. The rest of what I have to talk about is periodicals. See the next topic. User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:Top Document: diabetes FAQ: sources (part 4 of 5) Previous Document: How can I contact the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)? Next Document: Could you recommend some good magazines? Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: edward@paleo.org
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