How to survive a plague : the story of how activists and scientists tamed AIDS
France, David, 1959-2017
Book
The riveting, powerful and profoundly moving story of the AIDS epidemic and the grass-roots movement of activists, many of them facing their own life-or-death struggles, who grabbed the reins of scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease.
Main title:
Author:
France, David, 1959-, author
Imprint:
London : Picador, 2017.
Collation:
xiv, 624 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781509839407 (pbk)
Dewey class:
362.1'969792'0097471
Language:
English
Subject:
HIV-positive persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryAIDS activists -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryAIDS (Disease) -- Research -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryAIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryHealth and FitnessHealth and Wellbeing
BRN:
328448