Bittersweet : diabetes, insulin, and the transformation of illness / Chris Feudtner.
Bittersweet : diabetes, insulin, and the transformation of illness / Chris Feudtner.
Bittersweet : diabetes, insulin, and the transformation of illness / Chris Feudtner.
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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N616.462/80
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English
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p. ; cm.
Contents
Pt. I. Disease and Medicine Today -- 1. Irony in an Era of Medical Marvels: Diabetes History as a Study of Health and Hope -- Pt. II. The Bittersweet Transformation of Diabetes -- 2. A Disease in Motion: The Cycles of Diabetic Transmutation -- 3. Illness Unfolding: The Transformed Experience of Diab...
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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2003.
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North Carolina
Date Published
2003.
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"One of medicine's most remarkable therapeutic triumphs was the discovery of insulin in 1921. The drug produced astonishing results, rescuing children and adults from the deadly grip of diabetes. But as Chris Feudtner demonstrates, the subsequent transformation of the disease from a fatal condition into a chronic illness is a story of success tinge...
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Bittersweet : diabetes, insulin, and the transformation of illness / Chris Feudtner.
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Studies in social medicine.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N616.462/80
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74Vv5veB4qNb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv5veB4qNb
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0807827916 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780807827918 (cloth : alk. paper)
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616.462009
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991017654869702626
