J Korean Diabetes.  2022 Dec;23(4):262-265. 10.4093/jkd.2022.23.4.262.

Clinical Educational Counseling of Adult Diabetes Patients

• Lee JY

• KMID: 2538097
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4093/jkd.2022.23.4.262

Abstract

Diabetes patients are steadily increasing. As such, the importance of diabetes education is being emphasized as the number of diabetic patients continues to increase. Diabetes education is being conducted by experts in most hospitals. Medical social workers are part of the diabetes education team and are conducting educational counseling to help patients manage diabetes. The purpose of this article is to examine educational counseling for adult diabetic patients from the viewpoint of medical social workers.

Keyword

Diabetes; Educational counseling; Medical social worker

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