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Title Red gold [videorecording] : the epic story of blood. [Vol. 3], Tainted blood / a production of Thirteen/WNET New York by Optomen Television ; producer and director, Nick Read.

Imprint Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, [2004], c2002.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe DVDs 1st Floor  616.1509 R245 2004  v.3    ---  Available
Description 1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details DVD.
Note Based on the book Blood an epic history of medicine and commerce by Douglas Starr.
Performer Narrator, Kathryn Walker; commentators include John Ashworth, Douglas Starr, Anne Marie Moulin, Peter Jones, Ken Demaet, William Levin, Harvey Klein, Tom Asher, Harvey Alter, Cory Dubin, Ed Shanbrom, Julio Romero, Violetta Chamorro, Danilo Aguirre Solis, Donald Francis, Jerry Squires, Ron Quintana.
Credits Photography, Nick Read ; editor, Nick Follows ; music, Howard Davidson and Neil Arthur ; researcher, Steve Bergson.
Note Originally broadcast on PBS in June 2002.
Summary New surgical techniques and the discovery of the efficacy of transfusions to treat hemophiliacs heightened the need for a national blood supply in the post-war years, and by the 1960s, a commercial branch of blood collection was booming in the U.S. Those who flocked to donate blood because of the financial incentive, many of whom were alcoholics and drug users, affected the safety of the blood supply. The result was the presence first of hepatitis then a mysterious new disease called AIDS in some of the blood products provided to surgery patients and hemophiliacs. Blood, a life-sustaining and life-saving substance, came to be viewed as a deadly toxin.
Subject Blood.
Blood donors.
Blood banks -- History.
Blood banks -- Quality control.
Blood -- Transfusion -- History.
Blood coagulation factors -- History.
Blood -- Transfusion -- Complications.
Blood -- Transfusion -- Safety measures.
Communicable diseases -- Transmission.
Added Author Read, Nick.
Walker, Kathryn, 1943-
Starr, Douglas P. Blood.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Optomen Television (Firm)
Films for the Humanities (Firm)
Added Title Epic story of blood
Tainted blood
ISBN 0736551441
9780736551441
Music No. FFH 30459 Films for the Humanities & Sciences
30459-KS Films for the Humanities & Sciences

 
    
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