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HIV Pioneers

HIV Pioneers

9781421425726

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Tremendous strides have been made in the prevention and treatment of HIV since the disease first appeared in the 1980s. But because many of the people who studied and battled the virus in those early days are now gone, firsthand accounts are at risk of being lost. In HIV Pioneers, Wendee M. Wechsberg collects 29 "first stories" from the outset of the AIDS epidemic. These moving personal narratives and critical historical essays shed light not only on the experiences of global health pioneers, prominent scientists, and HIV survivors, but also preserve valuable lessons for managing the risk and impact of future epidemics.
 
With unprecedented access to many key actors in the fight against AIDS and HIV, Wechsberg brings to life the harrowing reality of those early days of the epidemic. The book captures the experiences of those still working diligently and innovatively in the field, elevating the voices of doctors, scientists, and government bureaucrats alongside those of survivors and their loved ones. Focusing on the impact that the epidemic had on careers, pieces also show how governments responded to HIV, how research agendas were developed, and how AIDS service agencies and case management evolved.
 
Illuminating the multiple facets of the HIV epidemic, both in the United States and across the globe, HIV Pioneers is a touching and inspirational look into the ongoing fight against HIV.
 
Contributors: Quarraisha Abdool Karim, Salim S. Abdool Karim, Lynda Arnold, Anne Jeanene Bengoa, Robert E. Booth, Barry S. Brown, Thomas Coates, Francine Cournos, James W. Curran, Don C. Des Jarlais, Jeffrey D. Fisher, William A. Fisher, Samuel R. Friedman, Robert C. Gallo, Mary Guinan, Gibbie Harris, Warren W. Hewitt Jr., Susan M. Kegeles, Rayford Kytle, Bishop Stacey S. Latimer, Robert Love, Duane C. McBride, Clyde B. McCoy, Carmen Morris, Willo Pequegnat, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus, Jeffrey Samet, David Serwadda, Lorraine Sherr, James L. Sorensen, Jack B. Stein, Charles van der Horst, Wendee M. Wechsberg, Wayne Wiebel, William A. Zule
 

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Table of Content

<P>Foreword, by James W. Curran<BR>Introduction<BR>Patients, Physicians, and Hospitals<BR>The Healer, Dr. Beny Primm: Uncommon Man for Uncommon Times <BR>""That AZT Kills Patients"": Learning from Lamar—A 25-Year-Long Patient-Doctor Relationship <BR>Unmoored <BR>Yet Another Stigma: HIV Strikes People with Severe Mental Illness <BR>AIDS Case Management: A Community Response <BR>Women and Pioneering Women<BR>Cherchez la Femme: Yes, the French Woman Did It. She Discovered the AIDS Virus.<BR>The Needlestick Accident That Launched Healthcare Worker Safety: A Nurse's HIV Journey<BR>HIV Takes Center Stage<BR>""Don't Die of Ignorance"": A Scramble for Knowledge <BR>Methadone Treatment, Jessie Helms, and Reaching Women Who Use Drugs <BR>South Africa's Response to AIDS and Preventing HIV in Young Women <BR>Survivors<BR>Finding the Black Church in the Fight to End AIDS: My Story <BR>Finding My Calling in Hell: My Journey Through the Early Years of AIDS<BR>What Did You Learn, Dorothy? <BR>Once a Garden, Now a Wildflower <BR>Personal Turning Points<BR>Baltimore's HERO <BR>But You're Not Part of Our Community <BR>The Accidental Ethnographer <BR>People Who Use Drugs<BR>GRID: Gay-Related Immune Deficiency <BR>Stories and Lessons Learned Surrounding People Who Inject Drugs: The Early Days of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic <BR>Encounter With the Dark Side <BR>Junkiebonden and Users' Groups: Learning About the Collective Organization of People Who Use Drugs <BR>Social and Behavioral Science<BR>We're From the Government and We're Here to Help You <BR>First AIDS Grant, First Interviews with AIDS Patients, First Syringe Exchange Politics, First Syringe Research <BR>The Development, Testing, and Implementation of an Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model for the Prediction and Promotion of HIV/AIDS Preventive Behavior <BR>Out of Suffering: New Directions in AIDS Behavioral Prevention Research From a Personal Perspective <BR>From the Many One: A Collaborative Approach <BR>Historical Perspectives<BR>The Beginning of Science in the HIV Epidemic: Eureka Moments <BR>""Slim Disease"": A New Health Scare in Uganda <BR>Afterword <BR>Contributors <BR>Index <BR>Index </P>
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