Abstract
From 1979 to 1981, the first 2 years of my practice as a women’s health nurse practitioner (NP), rare types of cancer and infections began to be reported by clinicians in New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, mainly among young gay men. The conditions, Kaposi sarcoma (a type of cancer), and Pneumocystis carinii, cryptococcus, and other infectious diseases, were referred to as “opportunistic” because they were not found in persons with healthy immune systems. Department Editor Denise G. Link, PhD, WHNP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, is a clinical professor at the Arizona State University Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Phoenix, who would like to hear your ideas for future columns. She can be reached at [email protected]
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