Diabetes among the Pima : stories of survival / Carolyn Smith-Morris.

  • Smith-Morris, Carolyn, 1966-
Date:
[2006], ©2006
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Publication/Creation

Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2006], ©2006.

Physical description

210 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-206) and index.

Contents

Diabetes Ho'ok : living with a witch -- Getting started -- Why Prenatal diabetes? -- Obstacles to treatment -- Surveillance, risks, and "borderline" diabetes -- Two hands shaking -- Treatment(s) -- Diagnostic controversy -- Land and water -- Diabetes in America -- Disease of development -- Collective identity, loner disease -- Pregnancy Stories -- Facing a Predator.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    SQD.687
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ISBN

  • 0816525536
  • 9780816525539