The bleeding disease : hemophilia and the unintended consequences of medical progress

The bleeding disease : hemophilia and the unintended consequences of medical progress / Stephen Pemberton.

Author/creator	Pemberton, Stephen Gregory
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011.
Description	xviii, 377 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	Hemophilia--United States --History. Hemophilia A--history --United States. Hemophilia A--therapy --United States. Blood Transfusion--United States. HIV Infections--transmission --United States. History, 20th Century--United States. Liver Transplantation--trends --United States.

Contents	Introduction : hemophilia as pathology of progress -- The emergence of the hemophilia concept -- The scientist, the bleeder, and the laboratory -- Vital factors in the making of a masculine world -- Normality within limits -- The hemophiliac's passport to freedom -- Autonomy and other imperatives of the health consumer -- The mismanagement of hemophilia and AIDS -- Conclusion : the governance of clinical progress in a global age.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-363) and index.
LCCN	2010049749
ISBN	9781421401157 (alk. paper)
ISBN	1421401150 (alk. paper)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Laupus	Books - Stacks	WH 11 AA1 P395B 2011	✔ Available	Place Hold