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

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

by Chris Feudtner (Author)

Synopsis

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