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Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network: management of diabetes (SIGN 55)

Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy, Fife, KY2 5AH, jackie.wallace{at}faht.scot.nhs.uk

Moray Nairn

Royal College of Physicians, 9 Queen Street, Edinburgh EH2 1JQ

In Scotland the St Vincent Declaration has been implemented via the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). Between 1996—1998, seven guidelines were published. SIGN 55 has revised and updated these previous guidelines and now includes a section on diet and lifestyle. SIGN 55 will be a key cornerstone of the Scottish Diabetes Framework.

Key Words: SIGN • diabetes framework.

References

• World Health Organisation Europe, European Region of International Diabetes Federation. The St Vincent Declaration 1989.
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network. Websitewww.sign.ac.uk
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN). Management of diabetes: A national clinical guideline. Edinburgh: SIGN; 2001(SIGN publication no. 55).
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The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, Vol. 2, No. 1, 50-52 (2002)
DOI: 10.1177/14746514020020010501


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