Oral history interview with G. William Bissell, 1990.

Scope and Contents

Interest in forms of organizational governance; issues of denial in people with hemophilia, people involved in the NHF, and others; issues of trust (mechanisms that form it, circumstances under which it is formed, etc.); "systems failures" in NHF in late 1970s/early ‘80s; helping to rectify those problems by getting new bylaws in place and reorganizing the structure; public health versus fund-raising as a focus for NHF; isolation as a phenomenon within the hemophilia community

Subjects

• Bissell, G. William--Interviews.
• Fund raising.
• Hemophilia--Political aspects.
• Hemophilia--Social aspects.
• Hemophilia--United States--History.
• Interviews.
• Lawyers--Interviews.
• National Hemophilia Foundation.
• Oral histories (document genres)

Access Conditions

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