Diabetes among the Pima Stories of Survival

Name: Diabetes among the Pima Stories of Survival
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ISBN: 9780816527328

ISBN-10: 0816527326

ISBN-13: 9780816527328

Edition: 2008

Authors: Carolyn Smith-Morris

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For the past forty years, the Pima Indians living in the Gila River Indian Community have been among the most consistently studied diabetic populations in the world. But despite many medical advances, the epidemic is continuing and prevalence rates are increasing. Diabetes among the Pima is the first in-depth ethnographic volume to delve into the entire spectrum of causes, perspectives, and conditions that underlie the occurrence of diabetes in this community. Arguing that the prenatal period could offer the best hope for curbing this epidemic, Smith-Morris draws on the narratives of pregnant Pima women and nearly ten years work in this community to reveal the Pimas perceptions and…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Publication date: 3/6/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.03" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments






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



Conclusion: Facing a Predator



Market Price Comparison



Districts and Locations Represented in Ethnographic Interviews



Summary of Focus Groups


Notes


Bibliography


Index