Blood Saga : Hemophilia, AIDS, and the Survival of a Community, Updated Edition with a New Preface / Susan Resnik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Resnik, Susan, 1940- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hemophilia--United States--History.

Hemophilia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 292 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, California : University of California Press, [1999]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Resnick describes the, "social, psychilogical, and economic experience," of the hemophilia community.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

2. The Dismal Era: Because the Blood Comes from the Woman

3. The Years of Hope, 1948-65

4. A Research Milestone Heralds the Golden Era, 1960-65

5. The Hemophilia Community Enters Politics: The Late 1960s and Early 1970s

6. Politics and the Blood Business in the Golden Era

7. The Meanings of the Golden Era

8. The AIDS Era Begins: The Years of Confusion and Denial, 1980-82

9. The AIDS Era, 1982-85: Tension Mounts, Conflicts Erupt

10. The AIDS Era, 1985-88: The Hemophilia Community Rises to the Challenge

11. "A Vote for the Status Quo," 1988-92

12. Approaching the Biotech Century: Out with the Old, In with the New, 1992-98

13. Conclusion: Lessons to Be Learned

Appendixes

Data

Historical

Bibliography

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520920293

0520920295

9780585299877

0585299870

OCLC:

1163878705