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