Carrie 2 is a family doctor. She explains why accommodation for chronic illness is so important.
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Our society isn’t very good at helping people with chronic illness. It’s just – we don’t – we say we make adjustments but we really don’t. So what if I can’t go back to being on call? I may have to quit my office because everybody has to be on call. And it’s made me think, “Well what if someone couldn’t do call, would that mean they couldn’t be a doctor in my office? What if somebody couldn’t do evening work?” We don’t really make allowances for that in a lot of society. In medicine, for sure we don’t and that’s closing off a whole group of people with talent and skill, from participation.
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