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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This is essentially a promotional piece for the author's blood bank, a company largely driven by AIDS hysteria. Feldschuh proposes that individuals store their own blood at his bank, with the blood shipped to the individual when a crisis arises. It is less risky to use one's own blood for transfusions, but you won't find a comprehensive, evenhanded look at this issue here. A better bet is Blood Policy and Technology , a 1985 publication from the Federal Office of Technology Assessment. The book is very technical, but less outdated than the publication date would suggest. It has also been reprinted by Lippincott in 1987 as Blood Technologies, Services, and Issues and is available through government depositories (but out of print at the Government Printing Office). Unfortunately, no update is currently planned. Feldschuh's book suggests one thing: that a new, serious study on this topic is vital.
- Mary Chitty, Massachusetts Coll. of Pharmacy & Allied Health Sciences, Boston
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Mary Chitty, Massachusetts Coll. of Pharmacy & Allied Health Sciences, Boston
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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In the United States right now, someone needs a blood transfusion every 3.75 seconds. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, World War, New England, Presidential Commission, American Medical Association, American Association of Blood Banks, San Francisco, National Blood Policy, University of California, Alpha Therapeutics, National Hemophilia Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, The Gift Relationship New!
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In the United States right now, someone needs a blood transfusion every 3.75 seconds. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, New York, World War, New England, Presidential Commission, American Medical Association, American Association of Blood Banks, San Francisco, National Blood Policy, University of California, Alpha Therapeutics, National Hemophilia Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, The Gift Relationship New!
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- The Gift Relationship: From Human Blood to Social Policy by Richard Morris Titmuss in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Securing a Safer Blood Supply:Two Views by R. D. Eckert in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Manual of Hemotherapy (A Wiley medical publication) by Harold B., M.D. Anstall in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Mollison's Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine (Klein, Mollison's Blood Transfusion in Clinical Medicine) by Harvey G. Klein in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- International Red Cross (World Organizations) by Katherine Prior in Back Matter
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