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Blood saga : hemophilia, AIDS, and the survival of a community / Susan Resnik.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, �1999.Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780520920293
  • 0520920295
  • 0585299870
  • 9780585299877
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Blood saga.DDC classification:
  • 362.1/961572/00973 21
LOC classification:
  • RC642 .R47 1999eb
NLM classification:
  • 1999 H-081
  • WH 11 AA1
Online resources:
Contents:
Introduction -- The dismal era: because the blood comes from the woman -- The years of hope, 1948-65 -- A research milestone heralds the golden era, 1960-65 -- The hemophilia community enters politics: the late 1960s and early 1970s -- Politics and the blood business in the golden era -- The meanings of the golden era -- The AIDS era begins: the years of confusion and denial, 1980-82 -- The AIDS era, 1982-85: tension mounts, conflicts erupt -- The AIDS era, 1985-88: the hemophilia community rises to the challenge -- "A vote for the status quo," 1988-92 -- Approaching the biotech century: out with the old, in with the new, 1992-98 -- Conclusion: lessons to be learned.
Summary: Resnick describes the, "social, psychological, and economic experience," of the hemophilia community.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-281) and index.

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

Introduction -- The dismal era: because the blood comes from the woman -- The years of hope, 1948-65 -- A research milestone heralds the golden era, 1960-65 -- The hemophilia community enters politics: the late 1960s and early 1970s -- Politics and the blood business in the golden era -- The meanings of the golden era -- The AIDS era begins: the years of confusion and denial, 1980-82 -- The AIDS era, 1982-85: tension mounts, conflicts erupt -- The AIDS era, 1985-88: the hemophilia community rises to the challenge -- "A vote for the status quo," 1988-92 -- Approaching the biotech century: out with the old, in with the new, 1992-98 -- Conclusion: lessons to be learned.

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