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AIDS: The Making of a Chronic Disease

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AIDS: The Making of a Chronic Disease
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Publisher: University of California Press
ISBN/ASIN: 0520077784
ISBN-13: 9780520077782
Number of pages: 417

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The authors present essays that describe how AIDS has come to be regarded as a chronic disease. Contributors to this work use historical methods to analyze politics and public policy, human rights issues, and the changing populations with HIV infection. A powerful photo essay reveals the strengths of women from various backgrounds and lifestyles who are coping with HIV.

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