The history of diabetes; Introduction to the clinical problems of diabetes; Classification and diagnosis of diabetes mellitus; Epidemiology of diabetes; Non-diabetic insulin biosynthesis, secretion and action; Pathogenesis of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; Pathogenesis of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; Other types of diabetes mellitus; Biochemical abnormalities in diabetes mellitus; Management of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; Management of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; Acute metabolic complications; Chronic diabetic complications; Diabetes and intercurrent events; Diabetes in special groups; Living with diabetes; The organization of diabetes care; Future directions for diabetes research and management.