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

Author/creator Pemberton, Stephen Gregory
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Descriptionxviii, 377 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Supplemental Content Full text available from UPCC Books History 2011 Subject Collection
Subject(s)
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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 305-363) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010049749
ISBN9781421401157 (alk. paper)
ISBN1421401150 (alk. paper)

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