Empowerment blossomed in the diabetes space prior to the DCCT, however, the DCCT amplified its construct. In 1991, diabetes researchers introduced the need for a shift toward empowerment within diabetes care arguing that the traditional medical model relied too heavily on health care providers as decision-makers [7]. Originally, the construct of empowerment was described as a form of accepting
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