This lecture will be awarded to a diabetes team working collaboratively to provide integrated person-centred care in the community.
Mary MacKinnon
Mary MacKinnon was a nurse and lecturer who specialised in practice and diabetes nursing. She was dedicated to the care and education of people with diabetes and those close to them and worked locally, nationally and internationally to this end.
Throughout her career she promoted professional education in diabetes and the inclusion of primary health care providers in local integrated diabetes teams with personal support provided by specialist teams.
She was committed to the philosophy of 'whole person care', which enables people with diabetes to manage their condition, to be the key member of their own healthcare team and to be included and involved in the planning of local diabetes services.
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