Clin Med
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Healthcare inequalities within the UK based on patients' ethnicity have been found over the last five years in a large number of medical specialties. One possible explanation for this lies in ignorance of ethnic minority healthcare needs among professionals. ⋯ The results showed a wide variation in teaching practices between healthcare professions and geographical regions. This study provides evidence for the need for national guidelines to incorporate cultural competency training by all UK healthcare professional training bodies.
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This case represents latent autoimmune diabetes in the young (LADY), and demonstrates that autoimmune diabetes can be slowly progressive even in younger patients with insulin independency period lasting for more than two years.