Blood Feuds AIDS, Blood, and the Politics of Medical Disaster

Name: Blood Feuds AIDS, Blood, and the Politics of Medical Disaster
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ISBN: 9780195131604

ISBN-10: 0195131606

ISBN-13: 9780195131604

Edition: 1999

Authors: Eric Feldman, Ronald Bayer

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In the mid-1980s public health officials in North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia discovered that almost half of the haemophiliac population, as well as tens of thousands of blood transfusion recipients, had been infected with HIV-tainted blood. This book provides a comparative perspective on the political, legal, and social struggles that emerged in response to the HIV contamination of the industrialized worlds blood supply. It describes how eight nations responded to the first signs that AIDS might be transmitted through blood, and how they falteringly arrived at and finally implemented measures to secure the blood supply. The authors detail the remarkable saga of the mobilization…

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List price: $69.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/18/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 400
Size: 9.09" wide x 5.98" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English




National Encounters with Blood and AIDS



Introduction: Understanding the Blood Feuds




Blood and AIDS in America: Science, Politics, and the Making of an Iatrogenic Catastrophe




HIV and Blood in Japan: Transforming Private Conflict into Public Scandal




The Nations Blood: Medicine, Justice, and the State in France




From Trust to Tragedy: HIV / AIDS and the Canadian Blood System




The Never-Ending Story? The Political and Legal Controversies over HIV and the Blood Supply in Denmark




Blood Scandal and AIDS in Germany




Blood, Bureaucracy and Law: Responding to the HIV-Tainted Blood in Italy




HIV-Contaminated Blood and Australian Policy: The Limits of Success




Comparative Perspectives on the Politics of Medical Disaster



Cultural Perspectives on Blood




The Politics of Blood: Hemophilia Activism in the AIDS Crisis




The Circulation of the Blood: AIDS, Blood and the Economics of Information




Conclusion: The Comparative Politics of Contaminated Blood: From Hesitancy to Scandal