Oral history interview with Beatrice Pierce, 1990

 

Name
Pierce, Beatrice (Interviewee)
Resnik, Susan, 1940- (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Beatrice Pierce, 1990
Abstract
Early involvement with husband; consequent volunteer work in hemophilia field; aspects of the hemophilia "community"; involvement in starting a women’s support group (Women’s Outreach Network) for female relatives of people with hemophilia; differences and similarities in needs between wives and mothers of people with hemophilia; effects of HIV on hemophilia community; the future of hemophilia trea tment; "factions" within National Hemophilia Foundation (NHF) and the hemophilia community; The "red bed" as a result of bleeding after losing baby teeth in children with hemophilia; issues regarding HIV testing and confidentiality; importance of the hemophilia community support system
Collection Name
Hemophilia oral history collection
Subjects
Hemophilia--History.--United States; Hemophilia--Social aspects; Hemophilia--Political aspects; AIDS (Disease)--History.--United States; Hemophilia in children; Nurses; Pierce, Beatrice; National Hemophilia Foundation
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1990
Note
Interviewed by Susan Resnik on October 24, 1990
Note (Provenance)
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Health Sciences Library, Gift, 2018
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
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Catalog Record
14577337
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-v5ex-dn58
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.