Shattered dreams? : an oral history of the South African AIDS epidemic / / Gerald M. Oppenheimer, Ronald Bayer

• Autore: Oppenheimer Gerald M.
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (266 pages) : map
• Disciplina: 614.5/9939200968
• Soggetto topico: AIDS (Disease) - South Africa - History; Oral history - South Africa; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome - history; HIV Infections - history; Disease Outbreaks - history; History, 20th Century; Nurses; Physicians
• Soggetto geografico: South Africa
• Soggetto genere / forma: Interview; Personal Narrative; Interviews.; Personal narratives.
• Altri autori: BayerRonald
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-245) and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: 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?
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Altri titoli varianti: Oral history of the South African AIDS epidemic; Oral history of the South African acquired immunodeficiency syndrome epidemic
• Titolo autorizzato: Shattered dreams
• ISBN: 0-19-029455-8; 0-19-971912-8; 1-281-16333-3; 1-4356-0957-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911091235203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II