01947nam a22003254a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054020003600095040002100131035002000152050002600172082002100198100003200219245011400251260006300365300002500428490003100453504006600484505063100550533015201181610002801333650003701361655002901398710001701427830003201444856012601476999001901602ebr10202635CaPaEBRm u cr cn|||||||||021003s2003 ncua sb 001 0 eng  z0807827916 (cloth : alk. paper) aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR a(OCoLC)5435737614aRA645.D5bF485 2003eb04a616.4/62/0092211 aFeudtner, John Christopher.10aBittersweeth[electronic resource] :bdiabetes, insulin, and the transformation of illness /cChris Feudtner. aChapel Hill :bUniversity of North Carolina Press,cc2003. axxii, 290 p. :bill.1 aStudies in social medicine aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [249]-273) and index.0 aIrony 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. aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2013.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.20aJoslin Diabetes Center. 0aDiabetesxHistoryy20th century. 7aElectronic books.2local2 aebrary, Inc. 0aStudies in social medicine.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10202635zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view c222303d222303