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The Bleeding Disease. Hemophilia and the Unintended Consequences of Medical Progress.
Stephen Pemberton
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Description for The Bleeding Disease. Hemophilia and the Unintended Consequences of Medical Progress.
Ironically, transforming the hope of a normal life into a purchasable commodity for people with bleeding disorders made it all too easy to ignore the potential dangers of delivering greater health and autonomy to hemophilic boys and men. Num Pages: 400 pages, 14, 13 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: MBX; MJF; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 676.
By the 1970s, a therapeutic revolution, decades in the making, had transformed hemophilia from an obscure hereditary malady into a manageable bleeding disorder. Yet the glory of this achievement was short lived. The same treatments that delivered some normalcy to the lives of persons with hemophilia brought unexpectedly fatal results in the 1980s when people with the disease contracted HIV-AIDS and Hepatitis C in staggering numbers. The Bleeding Disease recounts the promising and perilous history of American medical and social efforts to manage hemophilia in the twentieth century. This is both a success story and a cautionary tale, ... Read more
By the 1970s, a therapeutic revolution, decades in the making, had transformed hemophilia from an obscure hereditary malady into a manageable bleeding disorder. Yet the glory of this achievement was short lived. The same treatments that delivered some normalcy to the lives of persons with hemophilia brought unexpectedly fatal results in the 1980s when people with the disease contracted HIV-AIDS and Hepatitis C in staggering numbers. The Bleeding Disease recounts the promising and perilous history of American medical and social efforts to manage hemophilia in the twentieth century. This is both a success story and a cautionary tale, ... Read more
Product Details
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Format
Hardback
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9781421401157
SKU
V9781421401157
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99-36
About Stephen Pemberton
Stephen Pemberton is an associate professor in the Federated Department of History at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University, Newark. He is coauthor of The Troubled Dream of Genetic Medicine: Ethnicity and Innovation in Tay-Sachs, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sickle Cell Disease, also published by Johns Hopkins.
Reviews for The Bleeding Disease. Hemophilia and the Unintended Consequences of Medical Progress.
The author's research was impeccable and he writes in a very readable manner. Book Bargains and Previews This book holds wide appeal for both lay readers and medical professionals who are interested in the history of medicine, the ability of technology development to produce both good and bad outcomes, and the influence of societal perceptions on health policy and technology ... Read more