Pemberton, Stephen Gregory.

The bleeding disease : hemophilia and the unintended consequences of medical progress / Stephen Pemberton. - 1 online resource (398 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-363) and index.

Introduction : hemophilia as pathology of progress -- The emergence of the hemophilia concept -- The scientist, the bleeder, and the laboratory -- Vital factors in the making of a masculine world -- Normality within limits -- The hemophiliac's passport to freedom -- Autonomy and other imperatives of the health consumer -- The mismanagement of hemophilia and AIDS -- Conclusion : the governance of clinical progress in a global age.

9781421404424


Hemophilia--Complications.
Hemophilia--History.--United States


Electronic books.

RC642 / .P46 2011

616.1/572