title: Diabetes care in minority groups. Overcoming barriers to meet these patients' special needs.
abstract: Physicians play a critical role in reaching diabetic patients in minority groups. These patients need professional help to modify their diets and exercise patterns, to follow drug regimens and blood-testing programs, to comply with treatment over the long term, and to pay for treatment. Closing the gap between the treatment levels afforded different groups of Americans is an enormous challenge, but it is one that is critical to the health of our population.
authors.affiliation: Medical City Dallas, TX 75230.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare / Q000592:standards; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000235:genetics; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008913:Minority Groups; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010819:Physician's Role; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012657:Self-Help Groups