Reading My History: Contaminated Blood

Wherry, Sally-Anne ORCID: 0000-0002-2496-1178 (2024) Reading My History: Contaminated Blood. Journal of Autoethnography, 5 (3). pp. 295-307. doi:10.1525/joae.2024.5.3.295

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Abstract

I am a child of a person with haemophilia, I am a nurse, I am a researcher. I am a lucky one. The Contaminated (or Tainted) Blood Scandal was a worldwide event that infected many people, including People with Haemophilia (PwH), with blood-borne diseases. With the recent inquiry, more is revealed about decision making and events, allowing families like mine to see the truth for the first time. This essay explores the published literature, both by academics and by people from the haemophilia community, alongside exo-autoethnographic and autoethnographic elements. It will include my journey as I traveled the path from considering the trauma inherited alone, to discovering my own place in the story.

Item Type:	Article
Article Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Haemophilia; Intergenerational trauma; Grief; Silence
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races R Medicine > RT Nursing
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Health and Social Care
Depositing User:	Sally-Anne Wherry
Date Deposited:	16 Oct 2024 09:28
Last Modified:	16 Oct 2024 09:28
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14291

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