Abstract

Introduction: The Contemporary Historiography of AIDS Elizabeth Fee and Daniel M. Fox PART I. THE VIRUS AND ITS PUBLICS AIDS and Beyond: Defining the Rules for Viral Traffic Stephen S. Morse Causes, Cases, and Cohorts: The Role of Epidemiology in the Historical Construction of AIDS Gerald M. Oppenheimer The Mass-Mediated Epidemic: The Politics of AIDS on the Nightly Network News Timothy E. Cook and David C. Colby PART II. LAW, ETHICS, AND PUBLIC POLICY The Politics of HIV Infection: 1989-1990 as Years of Change Daniel M. Fox The AIDS Litigation Project: A National Review of Court and Human Rights Commission Decisions on Discrimination Larry Costin The History of Transfusion AIDS: Practice and Policy Alternatives Harvey M. Sapo/sky and Stephen L. Boswell Scientific Rigor and Medical Realities: Placebo Trials in Cancer and AIDS Research David]. Rothman and Harold Edgar Entering the Second Decade: The Politics of Prevention, the Politics of Neglect Ronald Bayer PART III. AFFECTED POPULATIONS Until That Last Breath: Women with AIDS Ann Meredith Riding the Tiger: AIDS and the Gay Community Robert A. Padgug and Gerald M. Oppenheimer The First City: HIV among Intravenous Drug Users in New York City Don C. Des ]arlais, Samuel R. Friedman, and ]o L. Sotheran PART IV. INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVES AIDS Policies in the United Kingdom: A Preliminary Analysis Virginia Berridge and Philip Strong Foreign Blood and Domestic Politics: The Issue of AIDS in Japan James W. Dearing Medical Research on AIDS in Africa: A Historical Perspective Randall M. Packard and Paul Epstein AIDS and HIV Infection in the Third World: A First World Chronicle Paula A. Treichler Notes on Contributors Index Contents

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