The history of blood transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa / / William H. Schneider

• Autore: Schneider William H (William Howard), <1945->
• Pubblicazione: Athens, Ohio : , : Ohio University Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (251 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1784096
• Soggetto topico: AIDS (Disease) - Epidemiology; Blood banks - Risk management - Africa; Blood - Transfusion - Africa - History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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, but like most new medical practices, transfusion needed to be adapted to the needs of sub-Saharan Africa, for which there was no analogous treatment in traditional African medicine. This otherwise beneficent medical procedure also created a "royal road" for microorganisms, and thus played a central
• Titolo autorizzato: The history of blood transfusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
• ISBN: 0-8214-4453-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816321803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Perspectives on Global Health