Contaminated blood: exploring the intergenerational impact

There is much to say about the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and ‘80s. It devastated the bleeding disorders community, leaving a legacy of hurt, injustice and mistrust. With medicines for haemophilia produced through pooling the blood of up to 40,000 donors – many in high-risk groups – prior to routine virus-screening and heat-treating …

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