title: Educating a patient with diabetes about foot care.
abstract: Patient education is a central part of diabetic care. Evaluating the effectiveness of education can be difficult, especially when patients refuse to accept the responsibility that knowledge imparts. Those patients identified as being at risk of developing neuropathic foot ulcers and who are unable or unwilling to accept responsibility for their care need to be closely supervised by the health care team. Patient education should be tailored to encompass cultural and religious factors as far as possible.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: McDowell
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D016523:Foot Ulcer / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D008875:Middle Aged; D010353:Patient Education as Topic