Using ' Diabetic ' vs. ' Person with Diabetes ' - Does It Matter? < /a > " . & nbsp;It got me to thinking about the term " diabetic " as a noun and how outdated it is, but it also raised the question in my mi..."> Using ' Diabetic ' vs. ' Person with Diabetes ' - Does It Matter? < /a > " . & nbsp;It got me to thinking about the term " diabetic " as a noun and how outdated it is, but it also raised the question in my mi..." /> Using ' Diabetic ' vs. ' Person with Diabetes ' - Does It Matter? < /a > " . & nbsp;It got me to thinking about the term " diabetic " as a noun and how outdated it is, but it also raised the question in my mi..." />

People With Diabetes Should Re-Appropriate the Term " Diabetic " (noun)

< div > In December, DiabetesMine ran a post entitled " < a href= " http://www.healthline.com/diabetesmine/using-diabetic-versus-person-with-diabetes-does-it-matter " target= " _blank " > Using ' Diabetic ' vs. ' Person with Diabetes ' - Does It Matter? < /a > " . & nbsp;It got me to thinking about the term " diabetic " as a noun and how outdated it is, but it also raised the question in my mind as to whether its really worth getting upset over. < /div > < div > < br / > < /div > < div > Back in 1998, the late Deb Butterfield grappled with the issue of political correctness and the outdated term " diabetic " used as a noun (See < a href= " http://ow.ly/Jrm66 " target= " _blank " > http://ow.ly/Jrm66 < /a > for the article she wrote). & nbsp;Deb wrote " ... if it ' s all right with you, may we take it for granted that we are all people and divide by that common denominator? May we describe ' people who have diabetes ' as ' diabetics, ' ' people who are citizens of the Unites States of America ' as ' Americans, ' ' people who work for companies ' as ' employees, ' and ' people who have medical degrees ' as ' doctors ' ? " & nbsp;That sounded OK, but it missed the broader issue in my opinion. < /div > < div > < br / > < /div > < div > In no other disease state are people referred to by their conditions, so why is it OK with diabetes? < /div > < div > < br / > < /div > < div > For example, we don ' t ever call people with cancer " cancerians " or heart disease patien...
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