Diabetes-Related Complications are Not Moral Failings
Insulin Nation
FEBRUARY 19, 2016
Often, when someone with diabetes discusses being diagnosed with a major health complication, there is a natural tendency among some wit h Type 1 to ask, “What did that person do wrong?” The question serves as a protective distancing mechanism when confronted with the possibility of a difficult medical outcome. This idea of complication-as-moral-failing at first seems to hold up well with available evidence, as one of the best strategies for avoiding long-term complications in Type 1 diabetes is
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