Skip to main content
Search Button
United States Kobo store Gift Cards Help

Rakuten Kobo

Wishlist

Shopping Cart

You're getting the VIP treatment!

Item(s) unavailable for purchase
Please review your cart. You can remove the unavailable item(s) now or we'll automatically remove it at Checkout.
itemsitem
itemsitem

Recommended For You

Loading...


Top Series in United States

Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “chris feudtner”
Skip side bar filters

  • Light and Shadow

    A Novel of Pediatric Internship

    by Chris Feudtner ...
    Newly-minted doctor-intern Rob McNeal cares for pediatric patients ranging from newborns to young adults. Some will live minutes, others decades—the outcome isn't always obvious. Rob's task is to push for more life in their days and, sometimes, to accept fewer days. Rob's emotional and professional journey is interwoven with the lives of his patients, their families, and the hospital staff. His ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Bittersweet

    Diabetes, Insulin, and the Transformation of Illness

    by Chris Feudtner ...
    Series series Studies in Social Medicine
    One of medicine’s most remarkable therapeutic triumphs was the discovery of insulin in 1921. The drug produced astonishing results, rescuing children and adults from the deadly grip of diabetes. But as Chris Feudtner demonstrates, the subsequent transformation of the disease from a fatal condition into a chronic illness is a story of success tinged with irony, a revealing saga that illuminates the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

People who read these also enjoyed

  • Sugar Crush

    How to Reduce Inflammation, Reverse Nerve Damage, and Reclaim Good Health

    by Richard P. Jacoby, Raquel Baldelomar ...
    A shocking look at the link between sugar, inflammation, and a host of preventable chronic diseases—perfect for fans of bestselling author Gary Taubes' The Case Against Sugar—from leading nerve surgeon Dr. Richard Jacoby.What Grain Brain did for wheat, this book by a leading peripheral nerve surgeon now does for sugar, revealing how it causes crippling nerve damage throughout the body—in our feet, ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Low GI Managing Type 2 Diabetes

    Managing Type 2 Diabetes

    by Jennie Brand-Miller, Kaye Foster-Powell, Stephen Colagiuri, Alan Barclay ...
    The revised edition of the essential handbook on how to reduce the health risks posed by Type 2 Diabetes - from the team behind the internationally bestselling Low GI series, including Professor Jennie Brand-Miller, who contributed the Low GI chapter to WORLD’S BEST DIET.Are you living with type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes and trying to manage your condition? In Australia and New Zealand alone ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • Sugar Detox, Detox Cleanse and Detox Recipes Made Easy: Beat Sugar Cravings and Sugar Addiction

    Beat Sugar Cravings and Sugar Addiction

    by Speedy Publishing ...
    The sweet taste of sugar makes it highly addictive. This is a fact because once you get used to sugar, your body will naturally crave for more. But accumulated sugar in the body is a bad thing that’s why you need to detoxify. Here’s a set of three books that discusses sugar detox in detail. Easy-to-follow recipes are included to beat sugar cravings. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Diabetic Recipes [Second Edition]: Diabetic Meal Plans for a Healthy Diabetic Diet and Lifestyle for All Ages

    by Susan Wallace ...
    Diabetic Recipes [Second Edition] Diabetic Meal Plans for a Healthy Diabetic Diet and Lifestyle for All Ages ------- Now [Second Edition], with the following changes: * New introduction - 477 words. * New content: Multiple recipes - over 3700 words. * Improved formatting and editing ------- It may be that you have recently been diagnosed with diabetes, or perhaps you have been diabetic for many ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Can I tell you about Diabetes (Type 1)?

    A guide for friends, family and professionals

    by Julie Edge ...
    Series series Can I tell you about...?
    Meet Debbie - a young girl with diabetes type 1. Debbie invites readers to learn about this type of diabetes from her perspective, describing how it feels to have high and low blood sugar levels. She explains how she can monitor her blood sugar and controls it with medication. Debbie also talks about the challenges of having diabetes and lets readers know how she can be helped and supported.This ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Diabetes: The Biography

    by Robert Tattersall ...
    Series series Biographies of Disease
    Diabetes is a disease with a fascinating history and one that has been growing dramatically with urbanization. According to the World Health Authority, it now affects 4.6% of adults over 20, reaching 30% in the over 35s in some populations. It is one of the most serious and widespread diseases today. But the general perception of diabetes is quite different. At the beginning of the 20th century, ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • Medical Management of Type 1 Diabetes

    Edited by Francine R. Kaufman ...
    Type 1 diabetes, formerly known as juvenile diabetes, is a complex disorder that requires a great deal of patient-guided self-care. In recent years, advances in diabetes treatment have dramatically shifted potential outcomes in the favor of the patient with diabetes. The challenge for health care professionals is to realize this potential through an individualized, flexible, and responsive ... Read more

    $40.99 USD

  • Motivational Interviewing in Diabetes Care

    by Marc P. Steinberg, MD, William R. Miller, PhD ...
    Series series Applications of Motivational Interviewing Series
    People with diabetes often struggle to make healthy choices and stay on top of managing their illness. Filling a vital need, this is the first book to focus on the use of motivational interviewing (MI) in diabetes care. The uniquely qualified authors--physician Marc P. Steinberg has devoted much of his career to diabetes care, and renowned clinical psychologist William R. Miller is the codeveloper ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Diabetes Ready Reference for Nurse Practitioners

    Clear, Concise Guidelines for Effective Patient Care

    Edited by American Diabetes Association ...
    The Diabetes Ready Reference for Nurse Practitioners is a handy reference for nurse practitioners and all health care professionals who are responsible for the diagnosis, treatment, and general care of patients with diabetes and the numerous chronic conditions associated with the disease. Based on the popular American Diabetes Association (ADA) reference book, The Diabetes Ready Reference for ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Type 1 Diabetes: Essentials

    Expert And Practical Advice; Your Most Vital Questions Answered

    by Dr. Charles Fox, Dr. Anne Kilvert ...
    This Essentials book answers all the key questions asked about Type 1 diabetes in succinct, accessible and up-to-date form. A diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes can be extremely distressing for any young person and his or her family. People with Type 1 diabetes usually develop symptoms quite rapidly and require regular treatment with insulin. The positive news is that with good control the long-term ... Read more

    $11.99 USD