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.|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.
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