What is the AIDS crisis?
(2022)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
J/PAPERBACK/SERIES/WHAT
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2022
DESCRIPTION
106 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780593227022, 0593227026, 9780593227039, 0593227034, 9781518255557, 1518255558, 9780593227022, 0593227026
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"An official WHOHQ book"--Page 1 of cover
What is the AIDS crisis? -- The first to fall -- "Gay cancer" -- Community -- Liberation -- Living and dying in dignity -- Stigma -- Understanding -- Acting up -- The cocktail -- A cure? -- The crisis at hand -- Timelines
A history of the AIDS crisis in the early 1980s spotlights the heroic efforts of AIDS activists who fought for medical research and new medicines, for proper health care for patients, and for compassionate recognition of people with AIDS
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