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AIDS
The Making of a Chronic Disease
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When AIDS was first recognized in 1981, most experts believed that it was a plague, a virulent unexpected disease. They thought AIDS, as a plague, would resemble the great epidemics of the past: it would be devastating but would soon subside, perhaps never to return. By the middle 1980s, however, it became increasingly clear that AIDS was a chronic infection, not a classic plague.
In this follow-up to AIDS: The Burdens of History, editors Elizabeth Fee and Daniel M. Fox present essays that describe how AIDS has come to be regarded as a chronic disease. Representing diverse fields and professions, the twenty-three contributors to this work use historical methods to analyze politics and public policy, human rights issues, and the changing populations with HIV infection. They examine the federal government's testing of drugs for cancer and HIV, and show how the policy makers' choice of a specific historical model (chronic disease versus plague) affected their decisions. A powerful photo essay reveals the strengths of women from various backgrounds and lifestyles who are coping with HIV. A sensitive account of the complex relationships of the gay community to AIDS is included. Finally, several contributors provide a sampling of international perspectives on the impact of AIDS in other nations.
When AIDS was first recognized in 1981, most experts believed that it was a plague, a virulent unexpected disease. They thought AIDS, as a plague, would resemble the great epidemics of the past: it would be devastating but would soon subside, perhaps neve
In this follow-up to AIDS: The Burdens of History, editors Elizabeth Fee and Daniel M. Fox present essays that describe how AIDS has come to be regarded as a chronic disease. Representing diverse fields and professions, the twenty-three contributors to this work use historical methods to analyze politics and public policy, human rights issues, and the changing populations with HIV infection. They examine the federal government's testing of drugs for cancer and HIV, and show how the policy makers' choice of a specific historical model (chronic disease versus plague) affected their decisions. A powerful photo essay reveals the strengths of women from various backgrounds and lifestyles who are coping with HIV. A sensitive account of the complex relationships of the gay community to AIDS is included. Finally, several contributors provide a sampling of international perspectives on the impact of AIDS in other nations.
When AIDS was first recognized in 1981, most experts believed that it was a plague, a virulent unexpected disease. They thought AIDS, as a plague, would resemble the great epidemics of the past: it would be devastating but would soon subside, perhaps neve
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Contributor: Elizabeth Fee
Elizabeth Fee is Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the School of Public Health at The Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Daniel M. Fox is President of the Milbank Memorial Fund and Professor of Social Sciences in Medicine at the State University of New York, Stonybrook.
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Introduction: The Contemporary Historiography of AIDS
1 - PART I. The Virus and Its Publics
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AIDS and Beyond: Defining the Rules for Viral Traffic
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Causes, Cases, and Cohorts: The Role of Epidemiology in the Historical Construction of AIDS Gerald M. Oppenheimer
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The Mass-Mediated Epidemic: The Politics of AIDS on the Nightly Network News
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The Politics of HIV Infection: 1989-1990 as Years of Change
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The AIDS Litigation Project: A National Review of Court and Human Rights Commission Decisions on Discrimination
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The History of Transfusion AIDS: Practice and Policy Alternatives
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Scientific Rigor and Medical Realities: Placebo Trials in Cancer and AIDS Research
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Entering the Second Decade: The Politics of Prevention, the Politics of Neglect
207 - PART III. Affected Populations
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Until That Last Breath: Women with AIDS
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Riding the Tiger: AIDS and the Gay Community
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The First City: HIV among Intravenous Drug Users in New York City
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AIDS Policies in the United Kingdom: A Preliminary Analysis
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Foreign Blood and Domestic Politics: The Issue of AIDS in Japan
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Medical Research on AIDS in Africa: A Historical Perspective
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AIDS and HIV Infection in the Third World: A First World Chronicle
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Notes on Contributors
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Index
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Keywords for this book
aids; hiv infection; epidemiology; aids research; affected populations; history of aids; public policy; health policy; chronic infection; illness; politics; human rights issues; drugs; drug testing; gay community; international perspective; virus; viral traffic; historical constructions; nightly network news; law; ethics; aids litigation project; human rights commission; discrimination; legality; transfusion; women with aids; intravenous drug users; new york city; united kingdom; japan; africa; united states of america; disease
