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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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Studies in social medicine.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Illustrations; Figures; Tables; Preface; Looking Back as a Means to Look Forward; A Currebt View of Diabetes Mellitus; Part I. Disease and Medicine Today; 1. Irony in an Era of Medical Marvels: Diabetes History as a Study of Health and Hope; Part II. The Bittersweet Transformation of Diabetes; 2. A Disease in Motion: The Cycles of Diabetic Transmutation; 3. Illness Unfolding: The Transformed Experience of Diabetic Patients; 4. Getting the Point: The Daily Work of Diabetes; 5. The Want of Control: Ideas and Ideals in the Management of Diabetes.