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OverviewA few short years after HIV first entered the world blood supply in the late 1970s and early 1980s, over half the hemophiliacs in the United States were infected with the virus. But this was far more than just an unforeseeable public health disaster. Negligent doctors, government regulators, and Big Pharma all had a hand in this devastating epidemic. Blood on Their Hands is an inspiring, firsthand account of the legal battles fought on behalf of hemophiliacs who were unwittingly infected with tainted blood. As part of the team behind the key class action litigation filed by the infected, young New Jersey lawyer Eric Weinberg was faced with a daunting task: to prove the negligence of a powerful, well-connected global industry worth billions. Weinberg and journalist Donna Shaw tell the dramatic story of how idealistic attorneys and their heroic, mortally-ill clients fought to achieve justice and prevent further infections. A stunning expose of one of the American medical system's most shameful debacles, Blood on Their Hands is a rousing reminder that, through perseverance, the victims of corporate greed can sometimes achieve great victory. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Eric Weinberg , Donna ShawPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.522kg ISBN: 9780813576220ISBN 10: 0813576229 Pages: 304 Publication Date: 15 September 2017 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Note on Text 1 Liquid Gold 2 Beginnings 3 How Could It Happen and Nobody Did Anything Wrong? 4 A History Ignored 5 Digging In 6 Reaching Out 7 Help Wanted 8 All for Business 9 Somewhere Here, I Have the Documents 10 More Lawyers, More Experts 11 A Meeting with Roger 12 An Act of Man 13 The Trouble with Torts 14 I Murdered My Child, But Not Alone 15 Of Sheep and Men 16 A Failure of Leadership 17 From Prime Chuck to Dogeza 18 Endings Epilogue Notes IndexReviews<i>Blood on Their Hands</i> is a well-written, gripping, and important book - thorough and engaging. Weinberg and Shaw have crafted a valuable addition to the literature of the AIDS tragedy. --Douglas Starr author of BLOOD: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce -Blood on Their Hands is a well-written, gripping, and important book - thorough and engaging. Weinberg and Shaw have crafted a valuable addition to the literature of the AIDS tragedy.---Douglas Starr -author of BLOOD: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce - -This book will make your blood boil at the inhumanity of people who knew they were killing patients by the thousands and kept right on, caring for themselves and their pocketbooks. Eric Weinberg and Donna Shaw tell a powerful human story that is hard to put down and will be even harder to forget.---David Cay Johnston -Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and best-selling author - -Blood on Their Hands is a well-written, gripping, and important book - thorough and engaging. Weinberg and Shaw have crafted a valuable addition to the literature of the AIDS tragedy.---Douglas Starr -author of BLOOD: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce - Blood on Their Hands is a well-written, gripping, and important book - thorough and engaging. Weinberg and Shaw have crafted a valuable addition to the literature of the AIDS tragedy. --Douglas Starr author of BLOOD: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce ? Blood on Their Hands is a well-written, gripping, and important book - thorough and engaging. Weinberg and Shaw have crafted a valuable addition to the literature of the AIDS tragedy. ?--Douglas Starr author of BLOOD: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce ? An Act of Man is a well-written, gripping, and important book - thorough and engaging. Weinberg and Shaw have crafted a valuable addition to the literature of the AIDS tragedy?. ?--Douglas Starr author of BLOOD: An Epic History of Medicine and Commerce Author InformationERIC WEINBERG is a practicing attorney in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He also serves as a visiting lecturer at Rutgers University and is a regular public speaker on the topic of injury claims and lawsuits. DONNA SHAW is an associate professor of journalism, and the chair of the Journalism and Professional Writing program at The College of New Jersey in Ewing Township. She is also a former reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer, where her work was thrice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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