The number of diabetes cases throughout the world has reached epidemic proportions and is rapidly increasing in developing countries. Type 2 diabetes, by far more common than type 1, has spared few societies. Consequently, the need to diagnose and treat the disease is becoming increasingly more common among physicians around the world.

Every effort has been made to make this book the most complete and up-to-date book of its kind to serve as a basic framework for treating patients with type 2 diabetes.

This book is intended primarily for general physicians, junior doctors, residents, internists and medical students. Its expanded purpose is to emphasize the importance of the health care problems often referred to as a ‘touch’ of diabetes, to provide a current understanding of the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes necessary for thoughtful treatment; and to outline a therapeutic approach for achieving metabolic control and preventing the long term complications of type 2 diabetes.