TY - BOOK AU - Feudtner,John Christopher ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Bittersweet: diabetes, insulin, and the transformation of illness T2 - Studies in social medicine AV - RA645.D5 F485 2003eb U1 - 616.4/62/009 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press KW - Joslin Diabetes Center KW - Diabetes KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-273) and index; 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; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10202635 ER -