Chapter 4 Nursing a plague: nurses' perspectives on their work during the United Kingdom HIV/ AIDS crisis, 1981- 96

• Main Author: Dickinson, Tommy (auth)
• Other Authors: Appasamy, Nathan (auth), Pritchard, Lee P. (auth), Savidge, Laura (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Manchester University Press 2022
• Subjects: History of medicine; HIV / AIDS; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; European history; nurses; HIV/AIDS; expert by experience; nursing history; responsible subversion; stigma; courtesy stigma; oral history; activism; queer
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

As part of the United Kingdom's response to the escalating HIV/AIDS crisis during the 1980s, special wards and community-based services were established to care for people living with HIV/AIDS (PWHA).  Much of the pioneering and innovative care developed at these centres can be attributed to nu...