Bittersweet : diabetes, insulin, and the transformation of illness / Chris Feudtner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feudtner, John Christopher.

Series:

Studies in social medicine.

Studies in social medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diabetes--History--20th century.

Diabetes.

Joslin Diabetes Center.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 tinged with irony, a revealing saga that illuminates the complex human consequences of medical intervention. Bittersweet chronicles this history of diabetes through the compelling perspectives of people who lived with this disease. Drawing o

Contents:

Irony in an era of medical marvels : diabetes history as a study of health and hope

A disease in motion : the cycles of diabetic transmutation

Illness unfolding : the transformed experience of diabetic patients

Getting the point : the daily work of diabetes

The want of control : ideas and ideals in the management of diabetes

Pregnant longings : mounting medical intensity in the pursuit of motherhood

Predicaments of dangerous safety : identity, responsibility, and life with a chronic illness

Medicine and the marshaling of hope : confronting the increasingly complicated choices of incomplete control.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-273) and index.

ISBN:

9798890873682

9780807863183

0807863181

OCLC:

476236637