Blood saga hemophilia, AIDS, and the survival of a community

Summary: 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: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (xvi, 292 pages) : illustrations
Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1999.

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.