Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin and the Transformation of Illness (Studies in Social Medicine)

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2003
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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.

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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.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 312
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 31 May 2003
ISBN 10: 0807827916
ISBN 13: 9780807827918

Bittersweet: Diabetes, Insulin and the Transformation of Illness (Studies in Social Medicine)

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