The Remarkable History of Hemophilia Care in Canada – a must-read!

Drawing on over fifty years of experience, DR. ROBERT T. CARD and DR. MAN-CHIU POON combine first-hand insights with interviews from more than seventy health care professionals and patients to tell the captivating, in-depth story of hemophilia care in Canada.

Robert Cooper, member of the CHS Board of Directors as well as writer, director, and producer of Unspeakable, an eight-part miniseries about the Canadian tainted blood tragedy had this to say about the book:

“[The Remarkable] History of Hemophilia Care in Canada is an incredibly insightful account of the treatment of bleeding disorders. As a person with hemophilia who has done extensive research in this area, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I learned from this detailed chronicle. The authors effectively illustrate the evolution of health care in response to what was once thought of as a crippling and deadly disease. It’s also essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how all those involved reacted to one of the most significant tragedies in medical history and paved the way for a better future.”

You can also access an interesting commentary from Dr. Kelsey Uminski, medical director at the Southern Alberta Rare Blood and Bleeding Disorders Comprehensive Care Program (Foothills Medical Centre), and Dr. Adrienne Lee, medical director at the Adult Bleeding Disorder Program of BC (St. Paul’s Hospital) in Haemophilia: A Story Worth Telling: The Evolution of Haemophilia Care in Canada – Uminski – Haemophilia – Wiley Online Library.

To order your copy: www.hopelessnesstonormalcy.ca