TY  - GEN
T1  - AIDS : the making of a chronic disease
A2  - Fee, Elizabeth
A2  - Fox, Daniel M.
LA  - English
PP  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
YR  - 1992
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocm42330703
AB  - "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."--Publisher's description
OP  - 430
CN  - RA644.A25 A3769 1992eb
SN  - 9780520912441
SN  - 0520912446
SN  - 0585041202
SN  - 9780585041209
SN  - 9780520075696
SN  - 0520075692
SN  - 9780520077782
SN  - 0520077784
KW  - AIDS (Disease) : History.
KW  - Medical policy.
KW  - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome : epidemiology
KW  - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome : history
KW  - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome : legislation & jurisprudence
KW  - Ethics, Medical
KW  - Health Policy
KW  - Sida : Histoire.
KW  - Éthique médicale.
KW  - Politique sanitaire.
KW  - MEDICAL : Preventive Medicine.
KW  - MEDICAL : Forensic Medicine.
KW  - MEDICAL : Public Health.
KW  - MEDICAL / Diseases
KW  - Medical policy
KW  - AIDS (Disease)
KW  - Aids
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - AIDS.
KW  - Epidemiologie.
KW  - Medische ethiek.
KW  - Humans : AIDS.
KW  - History
ER  -