Voices in the band a doctor, her patients, and how the outlook on AIDS care changed from doomed to hopeful

Deftly bringing back both the fear and confusion that surrounded the disease in the early 1990s and the guarded hope that emerged at the end of the decade, Dr. Ball effectively portrays the grief and isolation felt by both the patients and those who cared for them using a sharp eye for detail and se...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ball, Susan C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press 2015, 2015
Series:The culture and politics of health care work
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1992: Beginning
  • 1992: So much to learn
  • 1992: No easy answers and little to offer
  • 1994: Too many drugs, no medication
  • 1994: Being mindful of the subtext
  • 1994: Weekend on call
  • 1994: Christmas
  • 1995: Another support group
  • 1995: Mothers and children
  • 1995: Decisions and revisions
  • 1995: Colleagues and families
  • 1995: So many stories and some new faces
  • 1996: Some hope in the despair
  • 1996: Hit early, hit hard
  • 1997: Amazing changes
  • 1999: Despite our best intentions
  • 1999: Coping with a different paradigm
  • 2000: Going home
  • Includes bibliographical references