ADA 2017

In part 6, the conclusion of this Exclusive Interview, Keith Campbell talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA meeting in San Diego, California about the possibility of a cure as stated over the years.

Jane Dickinson and Susan Guzman discuss the language of diabetes: why the way we talk to and about patients, and the way we listen to them, matters so much for effective disease management.

Jane Dickinson and Susan Guzman discuss the language of diabetes, and why the specific terms we use when discussing patients with diabetes, their behavior, and their problems, are so important.

In this Exclusive Interview, Drs. Dickinson and Guzman talk with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA meeting in San Diego, California about the importance of the use of language in the care of the diabetes patient.

In part 1 of this Exclusive Interview, Drs. Dickinson and Guzman talk with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA meeting in San Diego, California about the importance of language as it is used in reference to and when speaking with people with diabetes.

In part 2 of this Exclusive Interview, Drs. Dickinson and Guzman talk with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA meeting in San Diego, California about the psychology behind the words that are innocently spoken and share examples of problematic terminology.

In part 3 of this Exclusive Interview, Drs. Dickinson and Guzman talk with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA meeting in San Diego, California about the complications of changing the common language.

In part 4 of this Exclusive Interview, Drs. Dickinson and Guzman talks with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA meeting in San Diego, California about the interest in diabetes language among the diabetes community and other diabetes organizations.

In part 5, the conclusion of this Exclusive Interview, Drs. Dickinson and Guzman share the takeaway points they are looking to impart in a conversation with Diabetes in Control Publisher Steve Freed during the ADA meeting in San Diego, California.

Dr. Mark Molitch is the Martha Leland Sherwin Professor of Medicine at Northwestern in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Molecular Medicine. Dr. Molitch has been active in clinical research in diabetes, focusing on diabetic nephropathy, and other areas of endocrinology.