title: Teaching allied health professionals about self-management.
abstract: Management of diabetes demands that informed patients cooperate with knowledgeable and concerned health professionals in a planned system of health care. It is imperative that each of the numerous health professionals caring for these patients has an understanding of his/her specific role and responsibilities as it relates to the entire health care team and to the individual patient. Acute, in-depth, and continuing phases of diabetes education are briefly described and the importance of altering patient behavior by contracting is documented.
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D006281:Health Occupations / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010358:Patient Participation