Life of Control : Stories of Living with Diabetes

Alan L. Graber

ISBN 10: 0826517331 / ISBN 13: 9780826517333

Edité par Vanderbilt University Press Nov 2010, 2010

A propos de cet article

Neuware - Diabetes happens in a life that already has a story. This book, composed of nearly forty personal narratives, based on taped interviews, about the lives of actual patients with diabetes, draws upon the collective experience of an endocrinologist and two nurse practitioners who worked together for twenty-five years.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Life of Control : Stories of Living with Diabetes
• Éditeur: Vanderbilt University Press Nov 2010
• Date de parution: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0826517331
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780826517333
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 229 L x 152 H x 12 P (en millimètres) 229 millimètres de largeur par 152 millimètres de hauteur par 12 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 310 grammes

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Synopsis

Diabetes happens in a life that already has a story. This book, composed of nearly forty personal narratives, based on taped interviews, about the lives of actual patients with diabetes, draws upon the collective experience of an endocrinologist and two nurse practitioners who worked together for twenty-five years.

The people who describe their experiences with diabetes range from teenagers to physicians, immigrants, athletes, pregnant women, accountants, a prisoner, and a dairy farmer. They speak of the variety of ways they handle monitoring, diet, insurance coverage, sports, and fashion. Some talk of how they manage to drive trucks for a living or, for recreation, fly airplanes or go spelunking. Many speak frankly of their anxieties and frustrations.

The authors acknowledge that both the patient and clinician have a story about their relationship, and describe the richness and tension in their interaction. Families, too, are sources of both support and conflict. These relationships are acknowledged in the organization of the book, which is divided into sections defined by the main elements of diabetes control: patient self-determination, the role of the family, the social situation, and the patient-clinician encounter.

The book provides a wealth of information about diabetes, including material on prevention, complications, and new technology, as well as a superb glossary, but it is not intended as a textbook on diabetes or as a self-care manual for patients. Rather the book provides a textured account of the health professional's view of diabetes control and the perspective of the patient whose life is complicated by diabetes.

À propos de l?auteur

Alan L. Graber is an endocrinologist; Anne W. Brown and Kathleen Wolff are certified diabetes nurse practitioners. In 1986, while in private practice, the authors organized one of the first Outpatient Diabetes Education Programs in the country recognized by the American Diabetes Association. They later worked together for many years at the Vanderbilt Eskind Diabetes Center.