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In the mid-1980s public health officials in North America, Europe, Japan, and Australia discovered that almost half of the hemophiliac population, as well as tens of thousands of blood transfusion recipients, had been infected with HIV-tainted blood. This book provides a comparative perspective on the political, legal, and social struggles that emerged in response to the HIV contamination of the industrialized worlds blood supply. It describes how eight nations responded to the first signs that AIDS might be transmitted through blood, and how they falteringly arrived at and finally implemented measures to secure the blood supply. The authors detail the remarkable saga of the mobilization of hemophiliacs who challenged the state, the medical establishment, and even their own caregivers as they sought recompense and justice. In the end, the blood establishments in almost every advanced industrial nation were shaken. In Canada, the Red Cross was forced to withdraw from blood collection and distribution. In Japan, pharmaceutical firms that manufactured clotting factor agreed to massive compensation -- $500,000 per hemophiliac infected. In France, blood officials went to prison. Even in Denmark, where the number of infected hemophiliacs was relatively small, the struggle and litigation surrounding blood has resulted in the most protracted legal and administrative conflict in modern Danish history. Blood Feuds brings together chapters on the experiences of the United States, Japan, France, Canada, Germany, Denmark, Italy, and Australia with four comparative essays that shed light on the cultural, institutional, and economic dimensions of the HIV/blood disaster.
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This book treats one aspect of the AIDS/HIV epidemic: the contamination of the blood supply. The editors present their topic and the plight of the victims of this aspect of the AIDS/HIV tragedy in two parts. The first part reviews in depth the response to the contamination of the blood supply in eight different countries. The second part is a series of chapters treating various issues discussed in the national cases comparatively . The purpose is to highlight the commonalities as well as the differences among the eight countries as they struggled with the conflicts of a blood supply contaminated by AIDS/HIV. This book is written for a wide audience: teachers, students, politicians, lawyers, governmental officials, and blood industry workers, as well as the public at large, will find this book readable, informative, and definitive on the issues surrounding the tragedy of the contamination of the blood supply by AIDS/HIV in eight countries. The editors have compiled the eight nationa l case studies by guiding each contributor's treatment of contamination of the blood supply and its impact on the hemophiliac populations and blood transfusion recipients by responding to a series of eleven questions and addressing five core issues. This results in a comprehensive picture of each country, readily comparable to the others. This book is a welcome addition to the library of anyone concerned about AIDS/HIV, the contamination of the blood supply, and the lessons that we can learn from this specific aspect of this world-wide epidemic. The contributors provide us with the opportunity to learn from the story of the way the developments were handled in our own country as well as those of the other countries covered. This is a unique contribution to the AIDS/HIV literature. Judith W. Munson, JD(University of Illinois at Chicago). Copyright 2001, Doody Publishing
目录
Part 1 National Encounters with Blood and AIDS |
1 Introduction: Understanding the Blood FeudsRonald Bayer and Eric Feldman |
2 Blood and AIDS in America: Science, Politics, and the Making of an Iatrogenic CatastropheRonald Bayer |
3 HIV and Blood in Japan: Transforming Private Conflict into Public ScandalEric Feldman |
4 The Nations Blood: Medicine, Justice, and the State in FranceMonika Steffen |
5 From Trust to Tragedy: HIV / AIDS and the Canadian Blood SystemNorbert Gilmore and Margaret Somerville |
6 The Never-Ending Story? The Political and Legal Controversies over HIV and the Blood Supply in DenmarkErik Albaek |
7 Blood Scandal and AIDS in GermanyStephan Dressler |
8 Blood, Bureaucracy and Law: Responding to the HIV-Tainted Blood in ItalyUmberto Izzo |
9 HIV-Contaminated Blood and Australian Policy: The Limits of SuccessJohn Ballard |
Part 2 Comparative Perspectives on the Politics of Medical Disaster |
10 Cultural Perspectives on BloodDorothy Nelkin |
11 The Politics of Blood: Hemophilia Activism in the AIDS CrisisDavid Kirp |
12 The Circulation of the Blood: AIDS, Blood and the Economics of InformationSherry Glied |
13 Conclusion: The Comparative Politics of Contaminated Blood: From Hesitancy to ScandalTheodore Marmor and Patrician Dillon and Stephen Scher |