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And the Band Played on: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic

1988; Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Volume: 88; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2307/3426023

1538-7488

J Zurlinden, Randy Shilts,

Historical and modern epidemiology studies

Why was AIDS allowed to spread unchecked during the early 1980s while our most trusted institutions ignored or denied the threat? In this expose of one of the most important issues of our time, the author answers this question - revealing how the federal government put its budgetary concerns ahead of the nation's welfare, how health authorities placed political expediency before public health, and how some scientists valued national prestige more than saving lives.