Negotiating exclusion: Msm, identity, and blood policy in the age of aids

Social Studies of Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-241

  Martucci, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Biological citizenship; Blood donation; FDA; HIV; Sexuality

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HISTORY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH POLICY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 77949316335     PISSN: 03063127     EISSN: 14603659     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306312709346579     Document Type: Article

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