Linked by Blood: Hemophilia and AIDS

David Green, MD, PhD, is Professor Emeritus in Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology, at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Doctorate in Biochemistry from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. He is a clinician-investigator and author of more than 300 published scientific articles. His most recent book, Linked by Blood: Hemophilia and AIDS, describes the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s that ravaged the hemophilia community and led to major changes in the collection and processing of blood and blood products. He is a Master of American College of Physicians and recipient of many other awards.

PrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. The impact of AIDS on hemophiliaChapter 2. Blood: vital but potentially dangerousChapter 3. What is hemophilia?Chapter 4. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)Chapter 5. Blood as a vehicle for the spread of AIDSChapter 6. Hemophilia: an affinity for bloodChapter 7. A full-blown epidemicChapter 8. The Institute of Medicine studyChapter 9. Factors that enabled the epidemicChapter 10. Contributions that mitigated the epidemicChapter 11. Hemophilia: past and presentChapter 12. A prescription for safeguarding blood and controlling treatment costsEach chapter concludes with a list of Key Points and references.