Blood Saga
Hemophilia, Aids, and the Survival of a Community (review)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15023921 |
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| Authors | Eric A Feldman (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 656-658 |
| Publication date | 2000-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bulletin of the history of medicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-5140 • E-ISSN: 1086-3176 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/bhm.2000.0118 |
| OpenAlex | W2045279668 |
| Language | EN |
During the early 1980s, almost 50 percent of hemophiliacs living in the industrialized world were infected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) because their blood-based medications were HIV-contaminated. 1 As they became aware that they were sick or dying, they reacted with anger, grief, resignation, desperation, shock, and fear. In some cases, these feelings unified them as they sought to cope with a common crisis. At other times, such feelings threatened to dissolve the community of hemophiliacs: individuals in pain were determined to identify a cause of their suffering, and some directed their accusations at the leaders of hemophilia groups
Anger · Feeling · Grief · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Psychiatry · Shock (circulatory) · Homelessness and Social Issues · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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