AIDS : The Making of a Chronic Disease / Daniel M. Fox, Elizabeth Fee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fee, Elizabeth, Editor.

Fox, Daniel M., Editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--History.

AIDS (Disease).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Edition:

Reprint 2019

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [1992]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction: The Contemporary Historiography of AIDS

AIDS and Beyond: Defining the Rules for Viral Traffic

Causes, Cases, and Cohorts: The Role of Epidemiology in the Historical Construction of AIDS Gerald M. Oppenheimer

The Mass-Mediated Epidemic: The Politics of AIDS on the Nightly Network News

The Politics of HIV Infection: 1989-1990 as Years of Change

The AIDS Litigation Project: A National Review of Court and Human Rights Commission Decisions on Discrimination

The History of Transfusion AIDS: Practice and Policy Alternatives

Scientific Rigor and Medical Realities: Placebo Trials in Cancer and AIDS Research

Entering the Second Decade: The Politics of Prevention, the Politics of Neglect

Until That Last Breath: Women with AIDS

Riding the Tiger: AIDS and the Gay Community

The First City: HIV among Intravenous Drug Users in New York City

AIDS Policies in the United Kingdom: A Preliminary Analysis

Foreign Blood and Domestic Politics: The Issue of AIDS in Japan

Medical Research on AIDS in Africa: A Historical Perspective

AIDS and HIV Infection in the Third World: A First World Chronicle

Notes on Contributors

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9780520912441

0520912446

9780585041209

0585041202

OCLC:

1163878805