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

• 1. Verfasser: Dickinson, Tommy (auth)
• Weitere Verfasser: Appasamy, Nathan (auth), Pritchard, Lee P. (auth), Savidge, Laura (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Manchester University Press 2022
• Schlagworte: 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
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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...