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ISSN 1811-6515
THE SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF
Diabetes & vascular disease
Corresponding Editor
Dr FA Mahomed
Greys Hospital,
Pietermaritzburg
Consulting Editors
Dr L Lombard
National Editorial Board
DR A AMOD
Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and
Metabolic Diseases, Life Healthcare,
Chatsmed Gardens Hospital, Durban
SR K BECKERT
Diabetes Nurse, Paarl
PROF F BONNICI
Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health
Sciences, University of Cape Town and
President of Diabetes South Africa
PROF R DELPORT
Department of Family Medicine,
University of Pretoria
DR L DISTILLER
Director of the Centre of Diabetes
and Endocrinology, Houghton,
Johannesburg
DR F MAHOMED
Department of Endocrinology,
Grey’s Hospital, Pietermaritzburg
PROF WF MOLLENTZE
Head of Department of Internal
Medicine, University of the Free State,
Bloemfontein
PROF CD POTGIETER
Specialist Nephrologist, University
of Pretoria and Jakaranda Hospital,
Pretoria
PROF K SLIWA
Associate Professor of Medicine and
Cardiology, Baragwanath Hospital,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johan-
nesburg
PROF YK SEEDAT
Emeritus Professor of Medicine and
Honorary Research Associate,
University of Natal, Durban
International Editorial Board
PROF IW CAMPBELL
Physician, Victoria Hospital, Kircaldy,
Scotland, UK
PROF PJ GRANT
Professor of Medicine and head of
Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular
Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and
Health, University of Leeds; honorary
consultant physician, United Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
PROF J-C MBANYA
Professor of Endocrinology, Faculty of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,
University of Yaounde I, Cameroon
and President, International Diabetes
Federation
PROF N POULTER
Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular
Medicine, Imperial College, School of
Medicine, London, UK
DR H PURCELL
Senior Research Fellow in Cardiology,
Royal Brompton National Heart and
Lung Hospital, London, UK
VOLUME 9 NUMBER 4 • NOVEMBER 2012
CONTENTS
Editorial
147
Diabetes and primary healthcare
FA Mahomed
Reviews
148
The role of the family physician in caring for the patient with diabetes
N Naidoo
153
Depression in diabetes mellitus: to screen or not to screen? A patient-centred
approach
CM van der Feltz-Cornelis
Changing Behaviour
158
Physical activity: getting people moving to prevent CVD
S Mayor
Patients as Partners
161
Learning to live with insulin: helping patients to do well
S Waddingham
Monitoring
164
Blood glucose monitoring for people on insulin
S Preston
Hands On
168
A practical guide to starting patients with type 2 diabetes on insulin
B Cox