Oral history interview with Margaret Hilgartner, 1990.

Scope and Contents

Developing interest in hemophilia in medical school; organization of first hemophilia clinic and first home-care division in New York; aspects of the "hemophilia community"; members of the community; denial, isolation, and risk-taking behaviors in people with hemophilia; "comprehensive care" model of hemophilia care in relationship to AIDS/HIV; early experiences with advent of AIDS in people with hemophilia; involvement in the "transfusion safety study"; current use of different treatment products for patients of different ages; current work with genetic treatments; future of hemophilia care in this area

Subjects

• AIDS (Disease)--United States--History.
• Blood--Transfusion.
• Hemophilia--Political aspects.
• Hemophilia--Social aspects.
• Hemophilia--United States--History.
• Hilgartner, Margaret W. 1924-2008--Interviews.
• Interviews.
• Oral histories (document genres)
• Physicians--Interviews.

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