A Likely Story
As we saw in the previous chapter, the “new crisis” of what was soon to be termed AIDS first emerged as a public health problem in the early 1980s. The early years of understanding the virus, establishing the link between HIV and AIDS, and scoping testing and treatments were characterized by a numbe...
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| Published in | Brewing Legal Times pp. 88 - 116 |
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| Format | Book Chapter |
| Language | English |
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Canada
University of Toronto Press
27.09.2016
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| Online Access | Get full text |
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| Summary: | As we saw in the previous chapter, the “new crisis” of what was soon to be termed AIDS first emerged as a public health problem in the early 1980s. The early years of understanding the virus, establishing the link between HIV and AIDS, and scoping testing and treatments were characterized by a number of intense credibility struggles, as scientific teams advanced different explanations for the causes of this new disease, and clinicians and government agencies advanced a wide range of often conflicting responses (Epstein 2009; Patton 1990). Activists were key to the development of new knowledge, treatments, and relationships between |
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| ISBN: | 1442646055 9781442646056 |
| DOI: | 10.3138/9781442663909-006 |