Voices in the Band : : A Doctor, Her Patients, and How the Outlook on AIDS Care Changed from Doomed to Hopeful / / Susan C. Ball.

"I am an AIDS doctor. When I began that work in 1992, we knew what caused AIDS, how it spread, and how to avoid getting it, but we didn't know how to treat it or how to prevent our patients' seemingly inevitable progression toward death. The stigma that surrounded AIDS patients from t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:The Culture and Politics of Health Care Work
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Physical Description:1 online resource (272 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Author's Note
  • Introduction
  • 1. 1992: Beginning
  • 2. 1992: So Much to Learn
  • 3. 1992: No Easy Answers and Little to Offer
  • 4. 1994: Too Many Drugs, No Medication
  • 5. 1994: Being Mindful of the Subtext
  • 6. 1994: Weekend on Call
  • 7. 1994: Christmas
  • 8. 1995: Another Support Group
  • 9. 1995: Mothers and Children
  • 10. 1995: Decisions and Revisions
  • 11. 1995: Colleagues and Families
  • 12. 1995: So Many Stories and Some New Faces
  • 13. 1996: Some Hope in the Despair
  • 14. 1996: Hit Early, Hit Hard
  • 15. 1997: Amazing Changes
  • 16. 1999: Despite Our Best Intentions
  • 17. 1999: Coping with a Different Paradigm
  • 18. 2000: Going Home
  • Epilogue