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Shattered dreams? : an oral history of the South African AIDS epidemic / Gerald M. Oppenheimer, Ronald Bayer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Oppenheimer, Gerald M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- AIDS (Disease)--South Africa--History.
- AIDS (Disease).
- Oral history--South Africa.
- Oral history.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Based on extended interviews with almost 90 doctors and nurses, 'Shattered Dreams?' is an oral history of how physicians and nurses in South Africa struggled to contend with the world's most catastrophic AIDS epidemic.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction: AIDS and the Legacies of Apartheid; 1 The Forgotten Epidemic; 2 Facing AIDS: Denial, Indifference, and Fear; 3 The Burdens of AIDS: Treatment and Its Discontents; 4 Limited Access; 5 Defiance: Creating Islands of Treatment; 6 New Beginnings?; Notes; Biographical Notes; Index of Individuals Interviewed; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; W; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-245) and indexes.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-029455-8
- 0-19-971912-8
- 1-281-16333-3
- 1-4356-0957-3
- OCLC:
- 646049800
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