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Diabetes, fear, and self-loathing: one person's story [1]

Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/20/2008 - 11:04
When he left home to attend his regular diabetes clinic, Ray Msengana was already feeling unwell. But when he was told that the treatment of his Type 2 diabetes was to change from tablets to insulin therapy, he rapidly felt a lot worse. In this candid account of life with diabetes, Ray Msengana describes the affective impact of the condition, and makes a call for changes in the way diabetes is managed.
Issue: 
Volume 49 | Special Issue [2]
Author: 
Msengana Ray [3]
Attachment: 
article_265_en.pdf [4]
Keywords: 
psycho-social care, South Africa
Section: 
Diabetes in Society [5]
Theme: 
Insulin [6]
People with diabetes [7]
Psychological issues [8]
Type 2 diabetes [9]
Communication [10]

Source URL: http://www.idf.org/diabetesvoice/articles/diabetes-fear-and-self-loathing-one-persons-story

Links:
[1] http://www.idf.org/diabetesvoice/articles/diabetes-fear-and-self-loathing-one-persons-story
[2] http://www.idf.org/issues/04/05/01/volume-49-special-issue
[3] http://www.idf.org/authors/187/msengana-ray
[4] http://www.idf.org/sites/default/files/attachments/article_265_en.pdf
[5] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/25
[6] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/159
[7] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/177
[8] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/175
[9] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/153
[10] http://www.idf.org/taxonomy/term/169