When AIDS began
Subtitle: San Francisco and the making of an epidemic
By: Michelle Cochrane
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- California -- San Francisco -- History; AIDS (Disease) -- California -- San Francisco -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-248) and index
Table of contents: title: The sociology of knowledge on HIV and AIDS; title: The medicalization of gay desire in San Francisco (1974-1983); title: The early demographics of AIDS: case studies of the first nine gay male AIDS cases in San Francisco; title: More gay men reported with AIDS in San Francisco: 15 case studies from 1981; title: The mechanics of AIDS surveillance: an historical critique of the demography of risk; title: AIDS surveillance statistics: changing the subjects and object of study; title: Conclusion