Blood Saga: Hemophilia, AIDS, and the Survival of a Community, Updated Edition With a New Preface
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Manufacturer: University of California Press
Written By: Susan Resnik
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 362.196157200973
EAN: 9780520211957
ISBN: 0520211952
Label: University of California Press
Manufacturer: University of California Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 308
Publication Date: 1999-08-25
Publisher: University of California Press
Studio: University of California Press
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Editorial Reviews for Blood Saga: Hemophilia, AIDS, and the Survival of a Community, Updated Edition With a New Preface
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For thousands of years boys known as "bleeders" faced an early, painful death from hemophilia. Dubbed "the Royal Disease" because of its identification with Queen Victoria, the world's most renowned carrier, hemophilia is a genetic disease whose sufferers had little recourse until the mid-twentieth century. In the first book to chronicle the emergence and transformation of the hemophilia community, Susan Resnik sets her story within our national political landscape--where the disease is also a social, psychological, and economic experience.
Blood Saga includes many players and domains: men with hemophilia and their families, medical personnel, science researchers, and the author herself, who was Director of Education of the National Hemophilia Foundation in the early 1980s. At that time the "miracle treatment" of freeze-dried pooled plasma blood products enabled men with hemophilia to lead full, normal lives. Then the AIDS virus infiltrated the treatment system and over fifty percent of the hemophilia community became HIV-positive. But rather than collapsing, this community refocused its priorities, extended its reach, and helped shape blood safety policies to prevent further tragedy.
The hemophilia community includes people from every socioeconomic and ethnic group, and Resnik's narrative and use of oral histories never lose touch with those affected by the disease. Her extensive informant interviewing allows much of this social history to be told by participants on all levels: parents, wives, nurses, doctors, government agency directors, health care providers, and many others.
Gene insertion therapy now holds the promise of a cure for hemophilia in the near future. Scientific breakthroughs inevitably become intertwined with the industry and academic medical centers that govern the national health care system. And in that system, says Resnik, costs and safety are sometimes contending issues. She makes clear that the lessons learned in Blood Saga apply to all of us.
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Summary: Interesting Tale of a Unique Medical Tragedy of our Times
Comment: Fascinating read where the cure for the hemophilia community ended up killing those it meant to save. Resnick's style makes easy reading of a complex story.
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