Oral history interview with Roy Arruda

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Title

Oral history interview with Roy Arruda

Subject

Arruda, Roy
Chronic illness
Experience of illness
Hemophilia
Hemophilia -- Patients
Oral history

Description

Roy Arruda was born in 1960 in the Azores

His older brother, who also had hemophilia, died of complications from AIDS in 1995. Roy, who is not married, works as a nursing assistant with people who have AIDS. He is an avid hiker on the Appalachian Trail and a recreational all-terrain vehicle driver. Roy has often spoken publicly about his and his family’s experience coping with AIDS. He has severe factor VIII deficiency, HIV and Hepatitis C

Abstract

Transcript and .mp3 file of an oral history interview with Roy Arruda

Creator

Boston Hemophilia Center Oral History Project, A Gift of Experience

Date Created

2004 August 23

Contributor

Arruda, Roy
Harland, Christine

Rights

The Harvard Medical Library does not hold copyright on all materials in this collection. For use information, consult Public Services at chm@hms.harvard.edu

Access Rights

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Is Part Of

Boston Hemophilia Center. Oral History Project. The gift of experience, 2004-2007, H MS c228

Format

text
audio

Extent

1 transcript (64 pages) and 1 .mp3 file (134 MB)

Medium

Digital text document, digital audio file

Language

English

Type

text
sound

Identifier

H MS c228

Provenance

These records were donated to the Harvard Medical Library by Laura Gray, the coordinator of the project, in July of 2006

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Harland, Christine

Interviewee

Arruda, Roy

Location

Unknown

Duration

1:57:52

Bit Rate/Frequency

1.28 Mbps

Files

Citation

Boston Hemophilia Center Oral History Project, A Gift of Experience , “Oral history interview with Roy Arruda,” OnView, accessed March 28, 2024, https://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/items/show/17756.

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