title: Empowerment of diabetics: a challenge for community nursing.
abstract: Empowerment of diabetic patients can be promoted by the use of blood glucose self-monitoring. Community nurses play an important role in teaching effective and accurate techniques.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patel
mesh_terms: D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000451:nursing*; D006801:Humans; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011209:Power, Psychological