Malawi ranked as one of the world's poorest countries and had experienced a deepening political crisis underscored by severe economic setbacks, including chronic fuel shortages and rising food prices.
Dr. Gray attributed the setback to the man's chronic debilitated condition before the implant, not to the AbioCor artificial heart.
Their belief in their own potential to cure was so weak that as soon as they encountered a serious setback, they declared the illness "chronic" and abandoned the treatment.
You see, viewing the self as a static and stable entity is what puts us on the defensive and leads to chronic self-deception in the face of setback.
In our quest to make workplaces an environment where individuals can bring their whole and authentic self, the reality of setbacks, sicknesses, physical and mental health issues, short and chronic illness need to be taken into account.
You are wrong to think that you will be more unhappy with a big single setback (a broken wrist, a broken heart) than with a lesser chronic one (a trick knee, a tense marriage).
Doggedness and a will to win undimmed by setbacks at the start of the campaign, not least a chronic injury list and some heavy defeats, have taken them to where they have come to belong.
Due to the nutrient malabsorption and chronic blood loss that infection causes, children with heavy worm infestations can suffer developmental setbacks and fail to reach their full physical and intellectual capacity.
And Immunex, after setbacks in clinical trials, recently gave up trying to fashion its arthritis drug, Enbrel, into a treatment for the chronic form of heart failure.
But it just seems like setback after setback after setback".
This setback was surprising.
