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Blood saga [electronic resource] : hemophilia, AIDS, and the survival of a community / Susan Resnik.
Resnick describes the, "social, psychological, and economic experience," of the hemophilia community.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780520920293 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0520920295 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 0585299870 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 9780585299877 (electronic bk.)
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) : illustrations
- Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Multi-User. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-281) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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