Battling Diabetes on Reservations: Bridging the Gap and Getting Healthy

To combat the growing epidemic of diabetes on Indian reservations, we must learn how to bridge the gulf that sometimes separates physicians who work there from individuals who have the illness. I say this with no thoughts of blame. It is simply a lesson I have learned in many years working for the Indian Health Service (IHS) and tribal organizations at the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.

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