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Autore |
Oppenheimer Gerald M |
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Titolo |
Shattered dreams? [[electronic resource] ] : an oral history of the South African AIDS epidemic / / Gerald M. Oppenheimer, Ronald Bayer |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-971912-8 |
1-281-16333-3 |
1-4356-0957-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (277 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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AIDS (Disease) - South Africa - History |
Oral history - South Africa |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-245) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction: AIDS and the Legacies of Apartheid; 1 The Forgotten Epidemic; 2 Facing AIDS: Denial, Indifference, and Fear; 3 The Burdens of AIDS: Treatment and Its Discontents; 4 Limited Access; 5 Defiance: Creating Islands of Treatment; 6 New Beginnings?; Notes; Biographical Notes; Index of Individuals Interviewed; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; P; R; S; T; W; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Based on extended interviews with almost 90 doctors and nurses, 'Shattered Dreams?' is an oral history of how physicians and nurses in South Africa struggled to contend with the world's most catastrophic AIDS epidemic. |
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