Blood feuds : AIDS, blood, and the politics of medical disaster

Blood feuds : AIDS, blood, and the politics of medical disaster / edited by Eric A. Feldman, Ronald Bayer.

Other author/creator	Feldman, Eric A.
Other author/creator	Bayer, Ronald.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Description	xiii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects. AIDS (Disease)--Political aspects. AIDS (Disease)--Transmission. Blood--Collection and preservation --Government policy. Blood banks--Government policy. Blood--Transfusion --Safety measures.

Contents	Blood and AIDS in America: science, politics, and the making of an iatrogenic catastrophe / Ronald Bayer -- HIV and blood in Japan: Transforming private conflict into public scandal / Eric A. Feldman -- The nation's blood: medicine, justice, and the state in France / Monia Steffen -- From trust to tragedy: HIV/AIDS and the Canadian blood system / Norbert Gilmore and Margaret A. Somerville -- The never-ending story? The political and legal controversies over HIV and the blood supply in Demark / Erik Albæk -- Blood "scandal" and AIDS in Germany / Sephan Dressler -- Blood, bureaucracy and law: responding to HIV-tainted blood in Italy / Umberto Izzo -- HIV-contaminated blood and Australian policy: the limits of success / John Ballard -- Cultural perspectives on blood / Dorothy Nelkin -- The politics of blood: hemophilia activism in the AIDS crisis / David Kirp -- The circulation of blood: AIDS, blood, and the economics of information / Sherry Glied.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	98047064
ISBN	0195129296 (acid-free paper)
ISBN	0195131606 (pbk.)

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	RA644.A25 B583 1999	✔ Available	Place Hold