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Bittersweet : Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness.

One of medicine's most remarkable therapeutic triumphs was the discovery of insulin in 1921. But the author demonstrates that the transformation of the disease from fatal condition into a chronic illness is tinged with irony and one which illuminates the human consequences of medical interventi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Feudtner, Chris
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2003.
Colección:Studies in social medicine.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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