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<blockquote data-quote="KK123" data-source="post: 2376077" data-attributes="member: 451727"><p>I'm another one who dislikes being referred to as a 'diabetic' instead of 'a person with diabetes' IF the subject being discussed is diabetes of course. I think for me, it's because I seriously do not like labels that tend to define a person either by a health condition they have, or a group they may belong to, or by the way they look, etc. It can lead to bias and stereotyping and a person switching off to any information beyond that point, I'm sure we've all been subject of a diabetes Nurse/GP who focuses solely on the word 'DIABETIC' and takes no notice of anything else that may contribute. Of course I know that this sounds very deep and being referred to as 'diabetic' is hardly on a par with other labels BUT I do not like it and as others say, nobody refers to someone with a form of cancer as 'cancerous'.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KK123, post: 2376077, member: 451727"] I'm another one who dislikes being referred to as a 'diabetic' instead of 'a person with diabetes' IF the subject being discussed is diabetes of course. I think for me, it's because I seriously do not like labels that tend to define a person either by a health condition they have, or a group they may belong to, or by the way they look, etc. It can lead to bias and stereotyping and a person switching off to any information beyond that point, I'm sure we've all been subject of a diabetes Nurse/GP who focuses solely on the word 'DIABETIC' and takes no notice of anything else that may contribute. Of course I know that this sounds very deep and being referred to as 'diabetic' is hardly on a par with other labels BUT I do not like it and as others say, nobody refers to someone with a form of cancer as 'cancerous'. [/QUOTE]
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