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Foot guide

Diabetes Research Group, School of Life and Health Sciences, Aston University, Aston Triangle, Birmingham, B4 7ET, UK, cday{at}mededuk.com

The National Diabetes Support Team (NDST) has recently published a guide for the care of the diabetic foot to assist in strategy development and implementation to achieve the high quality care set out in the standards of the National Service Framework (NSF) for Diabetes.

Key Words: diabetic foot • NSF • NDST.

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The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, Vol. 6, No. 3, 139-140 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/14746514060060030701


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