- About this Module
- Co-Editors Welcome
- Introduction
- The History of VWD
- Definitions & Classification
- Pathophysiology
- Evolutionary Medicine
- Epidemiology
- Clinical Presentation
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Special Situations in VWD
- Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome
- Longitudinal Care
- Patient Resources
- Clinician Communication
- Humanities, Meaning & Experience
- Journal Club
- Review Library
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Beyond the Guidelines
- Clinical Cases
- Media Library
Thresholds, Identity, and the Borderlands of Diagnosis
What it means to live near the boundary between normal variation and disease
The Inherited Body
How VWD reorganizes family history, recognition, blame, and genetic responsibility
Bleeding, Time, and Anticipation
How VWD makes future injury present before bleeding happens
Blood, Shame, and Speech
Why naming bleeding transforms private experience into clinical evidence and care
Menstrual Blood and Medical Legitimacy
How menstrual bleeding becomes clinical evidence only when patients are given permission to name it
Living with von Willebrand Disease – Podcast
Click below to listen to a podcast featuring a patient with vWD and the physician who is caring for her
Parental Guilt and von Willebrand Disease – Case Study
Explore the emotional impact of an inherited diagnosis through a case study that examines parental guilt, physician communication, and compassionate support