The history of blood transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa /

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"This first extensive study of the practice of blood transfusion in Africa traces the history of one of the most important therapies in modern medicine from the period of colonial rule to independence and the AIDS epidemic. The introduction of transfusion held great promise for improving health...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schneider, William H. (William Howard), 1945- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2013.
Colección:Perspectives on global health.
Temas:
Blood > Transfusion > Africa > History.
Blood banks > Risk management > Africa.
AIDS (Disease) > Epidemiology.
Risk management.
Blood Transfusion > history
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > transmissionzafrica south of the sahara
Blood Banks > organization & administration.
Blood-Borne Pathogens
History, 20th Century
Risk Management
Sang > Transfusion > Afrique > Histoire.
Banques de sang > Gestion du risque > Afrique.
Sida > Épidémiologie.
Médecine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Gestion du risque.
risk management.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
HISTORY > General.
Risk management
AIDS (Disease) > Epidemiology
Blood banks > Risk management
Blood > Transfusion
Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Africa South of the Sahara
Afrique subsaharienne.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Africa
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Blood transfusion before the Second World War
  • Blood transfusion from 1945 to independence
  • Blood transfusion in independent African countries
  • Who got blood? : indications for the use of blood transfusion, 1945/2000
  • Who gave blood?
  • Blood transfusion and health risk before and after the AIDS epidemic
  • African blood transfusion in the context of global health.

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