title: Experimenting with styles of living: Bernard, Canguilhem and type 2 diabetes education.
abstract: The paper links a debate in the history of medical science between statistics and the experimental method with contemporary diabetes educational practices. An empirical example of a tension between neglect and concern in diabetes self-regulation frames the subsequent theoretical discussion between first, Claude Bernard and statistics and afterwards, Georges Canguilhem as a correlative to Bernard. Through these philosophers of medical science a connection between the experimental method and education is demonstrated. Finally, a case description of an experimental approach to alcohol and experimentation frames and highlights the educational aspect of the methodological discussion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Education, Aarhus University, Campus Emdrup, Tuborgvej 164, Building B, room 216, Copenhagen, 2400, NV, Denmark. ankl@dpu.dk
authors.forename: Anders Kruse
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Ljungdalh
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000266:history*; D005602:France; D015438:Health Behavior; D006266:Health Education / Q000266:history*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style / Q000266:history*; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*