AIDS The Making of a Chronic Disease 1st Edition by Elizabeth Fee ISBN 0520912446 9780520912441

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ISBN 10: 0520912446

ISBN 13: 9780520912441 

Author: Elizabeth Fee 

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.

Table of contents:

1. Cover
2. Title
3. Copyright
4. Contents
5. Introduction: The Contemporary Historiography of AIDS Elizabeth Fee and Daniel M. Fox
6. AIDS and Beyond: Defining the Rules for Viral Traffic Stephen S. Morse
7. Causes, Cases, and Cohorts: The Role of Epidemiology in the Historical Construction of AIDS Gerald M. Oppenheimer
8. The Mass-Mediated Epidemic: The Politics of AIDS on the Nightly Network News Timothy E. Cook and David C. Colby
9. The Politics of HIV Infection: 1989-1990 as Years of Change Daniel M. Fox
10. The AIDS Litigation Project: A National Review of Court and Human Rights Commission Decisions on Discrimination Larry Gostin
11. The History of Transfusion AIDS: Practice and Policy Alternatives Harvey M. Sapolsky and Stephen L. Bostvell
12. Scientific Rigor and Medical Realities: Placebo Trials in Cancer and AIDS Research David J. Rothman and Harold Edgar
13. Entering the Second Decade: The Politics of Prevention, the Politics of Neglect Ronald Bayer
14. Until That Last Breath: Women with AIDS Ann Meredith
15. Riding the Tiger: AIDS and the Gay Community Robert A. Padgug and Gerald M. Oppenheimer
16. The First City: HIV among Intravenous Drug Users in New York City Don C. Des Jaríais, Samuel R. Friedman, and Jo L. Sotheran
17. AIDS Policies in the United Kingdom: A Preliminary Analysis Virginia Berridge and Philip Strong
18. Foreign Blood and Domestic Politics: The Issue of AIDS in Japan James W. Dearing
19. Medical Research on AIDS in Africa: A Historical Perspective Randall M. Packard and Paul Epstein
20. AIDS and HIV Infection in the Third World: A First World Chronicle Paula A. Treichler
21. Notes on Contributors
22. Index

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