Book excerpt: Written by the BMA award-winning author team of Mike Edmonds andAlethea Foster Aimed at podiatrists, nurses, physicians, surgeons, orthotistsand all other members of the multidisciplinary diabetic foot team,Managing the Diabetic Foot, Second Edition, remains a“must-have” for all those interested in diabetes andthe diabetic foot. New features of this Second Edition include: Chapter on amputation has been expanded as has the overallsurgical focus Metabolic control and all other aspects of management have alsobeen extensively updated New introductory chapter which describes the assessment of thediabetic foot, incorporating an illustrated section on differentialdiagnosis Content aids the implementation of the NICE guidelines and the‘National Service Framework for Diabetes’