TY - JOUR
T1 - Controlling diabetes, controlling diabetics
T2 - Moral language in the management of diabetes type 2
AU - Broom, Dorothy
AU - Whittaker, Andrea
PY - 2004/6
Y1 - 2004/6
N2 - Contemporary management of diabetes places heavy emphasis on control, particularly control of blood sugars and of food consumption. Interviews with people living with diabetes type 2 show how identity and social relationships are negotiated through what is often a contradictory language of control, surveillance, discipline and responsibility. People frequently discuss diabetes-related behaviour in terms that position themselves or others as disobedient children, or as wicked or foolish adults. These references occur alongside appraisals of the physical and social complexity of "compliance" with diabetic regimes and in some instances the difficulty of achieving effective control over blood sugar levels. Efforts to protect themselves from the stigmatising potential of diabetes may inadvertently undermine the agency of people who are already coping with a demanding discipline and a potentially disabling or life-threatening disease.
AB - Contemporary management of diabetes places heavy emphasis on control, particularly control of blood sugars and of food consumption. Interviews with people living with diabetes type 2 show how identity and social relationships are negotiated through what is often a contradictory language of control, surveillance, discipline and responsibility. People frequently discuss diabetes-related behaviour in terms that position themselves or others as disobedient children, or as wicked or foolish adults. These references occur alongside appraisals of the physical and social complexity of "compliance" with diabetic regimes and in some instances the difficulty of achieving effective control over blood sugar levels. Efforts to protect themselves from the stigmatising potential of diabetes may inadvertently undermine the agency of people who are already coping with a demanding discipline and a potentially disabling or life-threatening disease.
KW - Disease management
KW - Lay explanatory models
KW - Moral responsibility
KW - Social stigma
KW - Type 2 diabetes
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U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.09.002
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.09.002
M3 - Article
SN - 0277-9536
VL - 58
SP - 2371
EP - 2382
JO - Social Science and Medicine
JF - Social Science and Medicine
IS - 11
ER -