Feudtner, John Christopher. <br/><br/>
Bittersweet  diabetes, insulin, and the transformation of illness /  [electronic resource] : 
Chris Feudtner. 
 - Chapel Hill :  University of North Carolina Press,  c2003. 
 - xxii, 290 p. :  ill. 
 - Studies in social medicine .
 - Studies in social medicine. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-273) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. <br/>Palo Alto, Calif. : <br/>ebrary, <br/>2013. <br/>Available via World Wide Web. <br/>Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Joslin Diabetes Center.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Diabetes--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA645.D5  / F485 2003eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>616.4/62/009