Bibliograph

The social production of crisis, blood, politics, and death in France and the United States, Constance A. Nathanson and Henri Bergeron

Type

Label

The social production of crisis, blood, politics, and death in France and the United States, Constance A. Nathanson and Henri Bergeron

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The social production of crisis

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

1368012074

Responsibility statement

Constance A. Nathanson and Henri Bergeron

Series statement

Oxford scholarship online.

Sub title

blood, politics, and death in France and the United States

Summary

Constance A. Nathanson and Henri Bergeron focus on the profoundly troubling story of how blood banks and blood products manufacturers and distributors, as well as the authorities charged with regulating them in France and the US, knowingly allowed blood contaminated with HIV to be distributed to hemophiliacs and others needing transfusions in the early to mid-1980s. Based on detailed, lively, and exciting comparative analysis, the book explains why this drama became a political crisis in France and not in the United States. The authors use this comparison to advance more general ideas of how political crises are socially produced and to raise questions about disease policy and politics in the two countries.--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

specialized

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