TY - BOOK AU - Feldman,Eric A. AU - Bayer,Ronald TI - Blood feuds : AIDS, blood, and the politics of medical disaster SN - 9780195131604 AV - RA644.A25 B583 1999 U1 - 362.1969792 22 PY - 1999/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University KW - AIDS (Disease) KW - Social aspects KW - Political aspects KW - Transmission KW - Blood KW - Collection and preservation KW - Government policy KW - Blood banks KW - Transfusion KW - Safety measures KW - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome KW - Blood Banks KW - Blood Transfusion N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Understanding the Blood Feuds; Ronald Bayer and Eric Feldman --; Pt. I; National Encounters with Blood and AIDS; 1; Blood and AIDS in America: Science, Politics, and the Making of an Iatrogenic Catastrophe; Ronald Bayer; 2; HIV and Blood in Japan: Transforming Private Conflict into Public Scandal; Eric A. Feldman; 3; The Nation's Blood: Medicine, Justice, and the State in France; Monika Steffen; 4; From Trust to Tragedy: HIV/AIDS and the Canadian Blood System; Norbert Gilmore and Margaret A. Somerville; 5; The Never-Ending Story? The Political and Legal Controversies over HIV and the Blood Supply in Denmark; Erik Albaek; 6; Blood "Scandal" and AIDS in Germany; Stephan Dressler; 7; Blood, Bureaucracy and Law: Responding to HIV-Tainted Blood in Italy; Umberto Izzo; 8; HIV-Contaminated Blood and Australian Policy: The Limits of Success; John Ballard --; Pt. II; Comparative Perspectives on the Politics of Medical Disaster; 9; Cultural Perspectives on Blood; Dorothy Nelkin; 10; The Politics of Blood: Hemophilia Activism in the AIDS Crisis; David Kirp; 11; The Circulation of Blood: AIDS, Blood, and the Economics of Information; Sherry Glied --; Conclusion: The Comparative Politics of Contaminated Blood: From Hesitancy to Scandal; Theodore R. Marmor, Patricia A. Dillon and Stephen Scher ER -