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Blood Saga: Hemophilia, AIDS, and the Survival of a Community, Updated Edition With a New Preface
Susan Resnik
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Description for Blood Saga: Hemophilia, AIDS, and the Survival of a Community, Updated Edition With a New Preface
Hardback. Chronicles the emergence and transformation of hemophilia community. This book sets the story within our national political landscape - where the disease is also a social, psychological, and economic experience. Num Pages: 308 pages, 8 b/w photos, 1 figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: HBTB; MBX; MJCG1; MJCJ2; MJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Number of Pages
308
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520211957
SKU
V9780520211957
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About Susan Resnik
Susan Resnik teaches at the University of California, San Diego, Medical School, and was formerly Director of Education of the National Hemophilia Foundation. She lives in Del Mar, California.
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