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Safe Blood : Purifying the Nation's Blood Supply in the Age of AIDS
Overview
Thousands of hemophiliac children have contracted hepatitis and aids from transfusion with infected blood. Ninety-five percent of all Americans will need transfusions at some point in their lives; yet it has taken the terrifying emergence of AIDS to alert an unsuspecting public to the actual risks involved. Dr. Feldschuh documents the inadequacies and shocking oversights of the blood-bank system, elucidating the risks of present practices and suggesting specific alternatives, including the now feasible storing of one's own blood, "pedigreed" donors, and mono-donor transfusion.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780684863863
- ISBN-10: 0684863863
- Publisher: Free Press
- Publish Date: October 1998
- Dimensions: 9.22 x 6.14 x 0.6 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.77 pounds
- Page Count: 236
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