TY - BOOK ID - 85297960 TI - The politics of blood : ethics, innovation, and the regulation of risk PY - 2012 SN - 1139410997 1107223229 1280682825 1139413031 9786613659767 1139419277 1139047965 113942131X 1139417223 1139423363 0521193184 1107474795 PB - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Blood banks KW - Blood products KW - Blood KW - Body fluids KW - Fear of blood KW - Blood components KW - Products, Blood KW - Biologicals KW - Banked blood KW - Blood transfusion service KW - Blood transfusion services KW - Tissue banks KW - Bloodmobiles KW - Government policy. KW - Safety measures. KW - Moral and ethical aspects. KW - Social measures. KW - Transfusion KW - Transportation KW - Law KW - General and Others UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85297960 AB - How best to manage risk involving multi-valued human biological materials is the overarching theme of this book, which draws on the sourcing and supply of blood as a case study. Blood has ethical, social, scientific and commercial value. This multi-valuing process presents challenges in terms of managing risk, therefore making it ultimately a matter for political responsibility. This is highlighted through an examination of the circumstances that led to HIV blood contamination episodes in the US, England and France, as well as their consequences. The roles of scientific expertise and innovation in managing risks to the blood system are also analysed, as is the increased use of precautionary and legal strategies in the post-HIV blood contamination era. Finally, consideration is given to a range of policy and legal strategies that should underpin effective risk governance involving multi-valued human biological materials. ER -