HIV/AIDS

Studies from University of Ottawa in the area of HIV/AIDS published

Published in AIDS Weekly, August 27th, 2007

According to a study from Ottawa, Canada, "There is a burgeoning literature in the social sciences on the politics of reparations for historical injustices. Using a case study of Canada, this article asks whether people with hemophilia who contracted HIV and/or hepatitis C through the blood system should be viewed as victims of cultural injustice."

"The dominant approach to understanding the claims made on behalf of tainted-blood recipients is the narrow frame of compensation for medical injury. Tainted-blood recipients are cast as the unwitting victims of a system that placed a premium on cost savings over patient safety. Giving contaminated blood to members of a...

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2007-08-27)

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