Practical diabetes international : past, present and future

The 20th Anniversary of Practical Diabetes International is an opportunity to review the content of the journal over two decades. During this time there has been a marked change in emphasis from papers on type 1 diabetes, microvascular complications and devices for insulin injection and home blood glucose monitoring in the earlier issues, towards articles on type 2 diabetes, macrovascular disease and hypertension in more recent numbers. There has also been a change in emphasis from papers on education towards articles on quality and audit. Although the journal has a wide circulation among representatives of all of the professions who provide diabetes care, the non‐medical professions (nursing, dietetic and podiatric) and patients remain under‐represented as contributors. Copyright © 2004 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.