Managing and treating risk and uncertainty for health: a case study of diabetes among First Nation’s people in Ontario, Canada

'Risk' has become a key concept for understanding health care policies that are focused on prevention. Intervention no longer depends on the presence of an illness but rather an individual's risk of developing an illness. Through 'risk factors' individuals are subject to medical examination and surveillance to determine the real presence of danger, based on this abstract notion of risk. This paper explores 'risk' and its consequences for …