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Beschreibung
The people who volunteered to help during the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s and early 1990s provided compassion and support to heavily stigmatised people. These volunteers provided in-home care for the sick and dying, staffed needle exchanges and telephone help-lines, produced educational resources, served on boards of management, and provided friendship and practical support, among many other roles.
They helped people affected by the virus to navigate a medical system that in preceding decades had been openly hostile towards the marginalised communities of homosexuals, drug users and sex workers. In the process, volunteering left and indelible mark on the lives and outlooks of these volunteers.
For the first time, by focusing on individual life stories, this book explores the crucial role of the men and women who volunteered at at time of disaster. Despite their critical role, they have not been sufficiently recognised. Through their stories, drawn from oral histories conducted by the authors, we see how those on the front-line navigated and survived a devastating epidemic, and the long-term impact of those grim years of illness, death and loss.
The people who volunteered to help during the HIV/AIDS crisis of the 1980s and early 1990s provided compassion and support to heavily stigmatised people. These volunteers provided in-home care for the sick and dying, staffed needle exchanges and telephone help-lines, produced educational resources, served on boards of management, and provided friendship and practical support, among many other roles.
They helped people affected by the virus to navigate a medical system that in preceding decades had been openly hostile towards the marginalised communities of homosexuals, drug users and sex workers. In the process, volunteering left and indelible mark on the lives and outlooks of these volunteers.
For the first time, by focusing on individual life stories, this book explores the crucial role of the men and women who volunteered at at time of disaster. Despite their critical role, they have not been sufficiently recognised. Through their stories, drawn from oral histories conducted by the authors, we see how those on the front-line navigated and survived a devastating epidemic, and the long-term impact of those grim years of illness, death and loss.
Über den Autor
Robert Reynolds has written many books, both fiction and non fiction. El Paso Run is penned in the style of old-time westerns, with an array of colorful heroes, villains, and supporting characters. In the image of Reynolds' Gray Wolf Pass, Race the Devil, and Mackinac Drift, El Paso Run will keep readers flipping pages faster than the bullets fly.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Fachbereich: Allgemeine Lexika
Genre: Importe, Medizin
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Titelzusatz: Volunteers and Australia's Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis : Volunteers and Australia's Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis , Paul Sendziuk: Volunteers and Australia's Response to the HIV/AIDS Crisis , Shirleene Robinson, Paul Sendziu
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781742236742
ISBN-10: 174223674X
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Reynolds, Robert
Robinson, Shirleene
Sendziuk, Paul
Hersteller: UNSW Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 16 mm
Von/Mit: Robert Reynolds (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 01.03.2021
Gewicht: 0,471 kg
Artikel-ID: 119785850