AIDS, the Modern Plague
AIDS, the Modern Plague
Peter Selwyn, a front-line “AIDS doctor,” revisits the bedsides of his dying patients, recounting the lessons learned from the early years of the disease, when no treatments were available and caregivers could do little more than stand with their patients in humble solidarity. Advances in drug therapies, however, have radically changed the nature of care for AIDS patients, and have threatened the unmediated human connection between patient and caregiver. Selwyn’s comparison of early and current approaches to care of patients suffering from AIDS offers insight to all who may be tempted to hide from their own anxieties about life and death behind a thin partition of machines, drugs, and statistics.
Keywords: AIDS, HIV, Solidarity, Doctor-patient relationship
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