title: Standards of diabetes care in primary care medicine.
abstract: Patients with diabetes need specific treatment and education about their disease. The goals of therapy include the maintenance of normal health and the prevention of the progression of the metabolic abnormalities and complications of diabetes.
authors.affiliation: HIP/Rutgers Health Plan, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Goldstein
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care