title: Advising patients with diabetes about fasting during Ramadhan.
abstract: Fasting for Ramadhan is one of the five Pillars of Islam and is very important to Muslims. Nurses can help patients with diabetes to fast successfully by means of a pre-fast assessment, careful medicine management and good patient education.
authors.affiliation: City Hospital Birmingham.
authors.forename: Rehana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Khodabukus
mesh_terms: D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000208:ethnology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003927:Diet, Diabetic / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D005215:Fasting / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007514:Islam; D008612:Menu Planning; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*