Barriers in initiating insulin therapy in a South Asian Muslim community
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Breaking down barriers to initiating insulin: Insulin prescription pad.
Many patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) require insulin therapy to achieve and maintain glycemic control.1 Family physicians provide most of the care for these patients and are usually the first point of contact in the insulin conversation. Therefore, it is important that family physicians have the knowledge and skills to initiate and titrate insulin, and any additional tools they ca...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetic Medicine
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0742-3071,1464-5491
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02904.x