01961nam a22003254a 4500001001200000003000800012005001700020006001900037007001500056008004100071020003600112040002100148035002100169050002600190082002100216100003200237245011400269260006300383300003500446490003100481504006600512505063100578533015201209610002801361650003701389655002901426710001701455830003201472856013101504ebr10202635CaPaEBR20260707181733.0m        u        cr cn|||||||||021003s2003    ncua    sb    001 0 eng    z0807827916 (cloth : alk. paper)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)64768666314aRA645.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. ;c25 cm.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,d2009.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/strathmore/Doc?id=10202635zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view