“Diabetic foot infection” is deeply embedded in the medical literature. But should it be?
In this episode, Paul Bunce makes the case for retiring the term in favour of “diabetes-related foot infection”, and considers how the language we inherit shapes the way we describe disease and the people we care for.
He also has a request for journal editors, authors, and guideline committees: if we want medical language to change, the literature has to change with it.
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