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AIDS between science and politics /

This title recounts the experiences of the founding executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as he fought the disease from its earliest manifestations to today. It describes how the HIV/AIDs epidemic altered global attitudes toward sexuality, changed the characte...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Piot, Peter, 1949- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Garey, Laurence (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2014]
Colección:EBL-Schweitzer
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:This title recounts the experiences of the founding executive director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) as he fought the disease from its earliest manifestations to today. It describes how the HIV/AIDs epidemic altered global attitudes toward sexuality, changed the character of the doctor-patient relationship, altered the influence of civil society in international relations and broke traditional partisan divides. It illustrates how AIDS thrust health into national and international politics.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (ix, 198 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780231538770
0231538774
1336201746
9781336201743