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When AIDS began : San Francisco and the making of an epidemic /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cochrane, Michelle
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2004.
Subjects:
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > epidemiology > California > San Francisco > case reports.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > etiology > California > San Francisco > case reports.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome > history > California > San Francisco > case reports.
Homosexuality, Male > California > San Francisco > case reports.
Sentinel Surveillance > California > San Francisco > case reports.
Sociology > California > San Francisco > case reports.
Table of Contents:
  • The sociology of knowledge on HIV and AIDS
  • The medicalization of gay desire in San Francisco (1978-1983)
  • The early demographics of AIDS : case studies of the first nine gay male AIDS cases in San Francisco
  • More gay men reported with AIDS in San Francisco : fifteen case studies from 1981
  • The mechanics of AIDS surveillance : an historical critique of the demography of risk
  • AIDS surveillance statistics : changing the subjects and object of study
  • Conclusion : alternative theories of AIDS.