"A Curse of a Disease!" Remembering the history and lived experience of type one diabetes through patient memory

This thesis provides an account of the history and lived experience of type one diabetes specifically, using Northern Ireland as a case study for oral history interviews. It will provide new insights into the social history of medicine, as well as the use of oral history as a methodology in this field.

Throughout this research, the benefits of using oral history to explore the lived experience of a chronic, incurable illness is shown, particularly when using interview material to explore themes that we are not exposed to through the likes of medical texts and journals. This thesis provides important new work on the medical history of diabetes, told from the perspective of the patient, the individual who lives with this condition, day in and day out. <br><br><i>Thesis embargoed until 31st July 2028</i>