Accountability is an important phenomenon in conversations about chronic diseases such as diabetes. Thus, the purpose of this study was to understand how Accountability was managed in groups that talk about living with diabetes. Methodologically, this study was inspired by the Discursive Psychology. Five workshops were held with 25 people with type 2 Diabetes mellitus and their caregivers. Analytically, we identified two discursive strategies: (a) "Blaming others: assigning responsibility to others" and (b) "Blaming oneself", sub-divided into: "Taking responsibility: the use of other forms of care" and "Taking responsibility: the getting used to living with diabetes". The analysis showed that the strategies used allowed participants to put themselves discursively in interactional context as people who cared for the health and who managed possible charges. Furthermore, it was possible to understand how accountability is a discursive process directly related to relational and situational demands of the interactive context and socio-cultural expectations.
accountability; diabetes mellitus; discursive psychology