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, John Christopher
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2003.
Colección:Studies in social medicine.
Temas:
Joslin Diabetes Center.
1900-1999
Diabetes > History > 20th century.
Diabetes > Complications.
Chronic Disease > psychology
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 > history
Diabetes Complications
Diabetes Mellitus > therapy
History, 20th Century
Insulin > therapeutic use
Diabète > Complications et séquelles.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Diabetes.
Diabetes.
Diabetes mellitus.
Insuline.
United States
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 intervention.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xxii, 290 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-273) and index.
ISBN:0807863181
9780807863183
9780807827918
0807827916

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