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Now, a decade after AIDS was first recognized, there is increasing evidence that analogies to the past can be misleading, as they usually are in the history of war or economics or anything else. In this essay we summarize and criticize the brief historiography of the epidemic and suggest research questions and methods that may lead to more valid and useful historical writing. We then introduce the essays in this volume, essays that lead us in the directions we have proposed as both necessary and useful. - from the Introduction.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction: The Contemporary Historiography of AIDS
Elizabeth Fee and Daniel M. Fox
PART I. THE VIRUS AND ITS PUBLICS
AIDS and Beyond: Defining the Rules for Viral Traffic
Stephen S. Morse
Causes, Cases, and Cohorts: The Role of Epidemiology
in the Historical Construction of AIDS
Gerald M. Oppenheimer
The Mass-Mediated Epidemic: The Politics of AIDS on
the Nightly Network News
Timothy E. Cook and David C. Colby
PART II. LAW, ETHICS, AND PUBLIC POLICY
The Politics of HIV Infection: 1989-1990 as Years of
Change
Daniel M. Fox
The AIDS Litigation Project: A National Review of Court
and Human Rights Commission Decisions on Discrimination
Larry Costin
The History of Transfusion AIDS: Practice and Policy
Alternatives
Harvey M. Sapo/sky and Stephen L. Boswell
Scientific Rigor and Medical Realities: Placebo Trials in
Cancer and AIDS Research
David]. Rothman and Harold Edgar
Entering the Second Decade: The Politics of Prevention,
the Politics of Neglect
Ronald Bayer
PART III. AFFECTED POPULATIONS
Until That Last Breath: Women with AIDS
Ann Meredith
Riding the Tiger: AIDS and the Gay Community
Robert A. Padgug and Gerald M. Oppenheimer
The First City: HIV among Intravenous Drug Users in
New York City
Don C. Des ]arlais, Samuel R. Friedman, and ]o L.
Sotheran
PART IV. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
AIDS Policies in the United Kingdom: A Preliminary
Analysis
Virginia Berridge and Philip Strong
Foreign Blood and Domestic Politics: The Issue of AIDS
in Japan
James W. Dearing
Medical Research on AIDS in Africa: A Historical
Perspective
Randall M. Packard and Paul Epstein
AIDS and HIV Infection in the Third World: A First
World Chronicle
Paula A. Treichler
Notes on Contributors
Index
Contents
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Elizabeth Fee is Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the School of Public Health at The Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. Daniel M. Fox is President of the Milbank Memorial Fund and Professor of Social Sciences in Medicine at the State University of New York, Stonybrook.
Zusammenfassung
Presents essays which describe how AIDS has come to be regarded as a chronic disease. Representing diverse fields and professions, the 23 contributors use historical methods to analyze politics and public policy, human rights issues, and the changing populations with HIV infection.
