In response to the AIDS crisis : records of the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 1983-1994.

Other author United States. National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
Format Electronic
Publication[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1983-1994.
Description1 online resource (37,091 pages) : illustrations.
Supplemental ContentGale, Archives of Sexuality and Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part I
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SeriesArchives of Sexuality and Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part I
Archives of Sexuality and Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture Since 1940, Part I. UNAUTHORIZED
Abstract This collection contains the records of the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, an independent body created by federal law in 1989 to develop a national consensus on policy concerning AIDS. The Commission's fifteen members included doctors, politicians, public health officials, religious leaders, and activists--including HIV-positive basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. In Response to the AIDS Crisis documents the detailed investigations the Commission conducted during its four-year term. Medically, it investigated healthcare and treatment, current research and clinical trials, and the risk of transmission. Politically, the Commission looked at federal, state, and local responsibilities. And socially, it examined the social and human aspects of the epidemic, including international aspects of the AIDS epidemic, HIV and civil rights, and the response of religious communities to HIV. The Commission also looked at the epidemic's effect on lesbian, gay, and bisexual communities, African American communities, and Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders.
Local noteImages from the source libraries are selected contents of the original collection materials as representative of their value and pertinence to the digital product.
General noteSource institution: National Library of Medicine.
General noteDate range: 1983-1994.

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