01947nam a22003254a 4500 ebr10202635 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 021003s2003 ncua sb 001 0 eng 0807827916 (cloth : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)54357376 RA645.D5 F485 2003eb 616.4/62/009 21 Feudtner, John Christopher. Bittersweet [electronic resource] : diabetes, insulin, and the transformation of illness / Chris Feudtner. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2003. xxii, 290 p. : ill. Studies in social medicine Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-273) and index. 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. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Joslin Diabetes Center. Diabetes History 20th century. Electronic books. local ebrary, Inc. Studies in social medicine. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10202635 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 119105 119105