Description |
1 online resource (xi, 174 pages) : illustrations, map, portraits pages |
Contents |
Early alarm -- The first patients of a new disease -- Emerging responses -- Island Lake -- Early research, innovations, and strategies for care -- Investigation and hypotheses -- After the deluge -- Revisiting roots -- Food -- Poverty and disease -- Partnerships and participation -- Hopes and dreams -- Epilogue: Island Lake encore |
Summary |
In the late 1980s, pediatric endocrinologists at the Children's Hospital in Winnipeg began to notice a new cohort appearing in their clinics for young people with diabetes. Through dozens of interviews, Krotz shows the impact of the disease on the lives of individuals and families, especially in communities far removed from the medical personnel and facilities available in the city |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
Online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 8, 2020) |
Subject |
Type 2 diabetes -- Manitoba
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Diabetes in children -- Manitoba
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Indian youth -- Diseases -- Manitoba
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Children.
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- ethnology
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Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 -- history
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Indians, North American -- ethnology
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Child
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History, 20th Century
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History, 21st Century
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children (people by age group)
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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Children
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Diabetes in children
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Type 2 diabetes
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SUBJECT |
Manitoba -- epidemiology |
Subject |
Manitoba
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Desjarlais, Frances, writer of foreword
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ISBN |
9780887555589 |
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0887555586 |
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9780887555602 |
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0887555608 |
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