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50,34 €Chapter 1. The impact of AIDS on hemophilia
Chapter 2. Blood: vital but potentially dangerous
Chapter 3. What is hemophilia?
Chapter 4. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Chapter 5. Blood as a vehicle for the spread of AIDS
Chapter 6. Hemophilia: an affinity for blood
Chapter 7. A full-blown epidemic
Chapter 8. The Institute of Medicine study
Chapter 9. Factors that enabled the epidemic
Chapter 10. Contributions that mitigated the epidemic
Chapter 11. Hemophilia: past and present
Chapter 12. A prescription for safeguarding blood and controlling treatment costs
Features:
• Addresses the challenges of future viral epidemics
• Promotes understanding of the risks and benefits of blood transfusion
• Demystifies HIV/AIDS by explaining how the virus causes disease and is detected and treated
• Covers the factors that led to contamination of the blood supply and contributed to the AIDS epidemic
• Provides background information on hemophilia: who is affected, why they bleed, how it is treated, and what complications can occur
• Discusses the role of regulatory agencies in protecting the blood supply and ensuring the safety of blood and blood products
• Features new proposals to enhance blood product safety and regulate the prices of blood, drugs, and devices that are essential for human health
Author
David Green, MD, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago; Attending Physician, Departments of Medicine and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and Veterans Administration Lakeside Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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