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Joseph Sonnabend, a pioneering figure in the early effort to confront the multiple dimensions of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, died January 24, 2021, at the age of 88. A lengthy and admiring obituary published in the New York... more
Joseph Sonnabend, a pioneering figure in the early effort to confront the multiple dimensions of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, died January 24, 2021, at the age of 88. A lengthy and admiring obituary published in the New York Times said of him that he was "one of the most important figures in the fight against AIDS, if also one of the most unheralded."1(pD6) In the current moment, when the language of heroism is routinely employed in describing the work of medical workers struggling to control COVID-19, it is sometimes difficult to recall that the life and work of those regarded as AIDS pioneers were all too often tinged by recrimination and bitter controversy. Such was the career of Sonnabend, someone who saw himself and was viewed by others as a devoted clinician and a combative iconoclast. (Am J Public Health. Published online ahead of print June 10, 2021: e1-e3. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2021.306291).
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This Viewpoint discusses the benefits of rethinking the history of psychiatric epidemiology from a global perspective.
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The AIDS crisis poses a special challenge for American health care, which depends heavily on private insurance to pay medical bills. Can we provide adequate health care to all who need it and still meet the financial requirements of the... more
The AIDS crisis poses a special challenge for American health care, which depends heavily on private insurance to pay medical bills. Can we provide adequate health care to all who need it and still meet the financial requirements of the private health insurance industry? More insurance carriers are turning to antibody testing in order to eliminate poor risks from non-group, direct-pay pools. Some cost-conscious employers have attempted to fire AIDS patients summarily or to exclude AIDS coverage from group insurance policies. Various remedies are available for spreading the financial risks of the epidemic, such as covering persons with AIDS under Medicare or in state-sponsored health insurance pools. Ethical questions about cost and access may also rekindle the debate about the need for national health insurance.
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Foreword Samuel L. Milbank and Daniel M. Fox 1. Introduction: the great drug policy debate - what means this thing called decriminalisation? Ronald Bayer 2. The social demography of drug use Denise B. Kandel 3. Drug policy: striking the... more
Foreword Samuel L. Milbank and Daniel M. Fox 1. Introduction: the great drug policy debate - what means this thing called decriminalisation? Ronald Bayer 2. The social demography of drug use Denise B. Kandel 3. Drug policy: striking the right balance Avram Goldstein and Harold Kalant 4. Drug legalization and the minority poor William Kornblum 5. Social behaviour, public policy, and non-harmful drug use Charles Winick 6. From prohibition to regulation: lessons from alcohol policy for drug policy Harry G. Levine and Craig Reinarman 7. To build a bridge: the use of foreign models by domestic critics of U.S. drug policy Gerald M. Oppenheimer 8. Drugs, the criminal law, and the administration of justice Mark H. Moore 9. Compulsory treatment for drug-dependant persons: justifications for a public health approach to drug dependency Lawrence O. Gostin 10. Helping women helping children: drug policy and future generations Patricia A. King 11. Medicalization of psychoactive substance use and ...
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In the late 1980s, a group of social scientists convened in France to examine the question of how democratic societies in North America and Europe had confronted the challenges posed by AIDS [1]. As each collaborator recounted the history... more
In the late 1980s, a group of social scientists convened in France to examine the question of how democratic societies in North America and Europe had confronted the challenges posed by AIDS [1]. As each collaborator recounted the history of the political, social, and public health responses evoked by HIV in his or her country, three questions remained constant, even though the precise language reflected unique cultural differences. Did the history of responses to lethal infectious diseases provide lessons about how best to contain the spread of HIV infection? Should the policies developed to control sexually transmitted diseases or other communicable conditions be applied to AIDS? If AIDS were not to be treated like other communicable diseases, what would justify using different policies?
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In this age of modern era, the use of internet must be maximized. Yeah, internet will help us very much not only for important thing but also for daily activities. Many people now, from any level can use internet. The sources of internet... more
In this age of modern era, the use of internet must be maximized. Yeah, internet will help us very much not only for important thing but also for daily activities. Many people now, from any level can use internet. The sources of internet connection can also be enjoyed in many places. As one of the benefits is to get the on-line aids doctors voices from the epidemic an oral history book, as the world window, as many people suggest.
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Policy Points For more than 40 years, most research by epidemiologists, social scientists, and alcohol policy experts found that moderate alcohol consumption was cardioprotective. In the early 2000s, that consensus was shaken by new... more
Policy Points For more than 40 years, most research by epidemiologists, social scientists, and alcohol policy experts found that moderate alcohol consumption was cardioprotective. In the early 2000s, that consensus was shaken by new critics who subjected the previous research to vigorous methodological and empirical analysis, precipitating a bitter controversy, seemingly unresolvable despite numerous observational epidemiological studies. The effort to finally put that debate to rest through a large, multiyear randomized controlled trial under the aegis of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, generated external criticism and adverse newspaper coverage, particularly because the trial was largely funded by the alcohol industry, forcing National Institutes of Health leadership to abruptly terminate the study shortly after it started. In the absence of definitive evidence and given the contentious debate over the risks and benefits of moderate alcohol consumption, those who formulate health policy have a responsibility to clearly acknowledge to the public the existence of evidentiary uncertainty when making recommendations.
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... A Plague on your houses: how New York was burned down and national public health crumbled / Deborah Wallaee, Rodrick Wallace. ... That is how we learned that one of RRI's founders, JohnDunning (co-inventor of the... more
... A Plague on your houses: how New York was burned down and national public health crumbled / Deborah Wallaee, Rodrick Wallace. ... That is how we learned that one of RRI's founders, JohnDunning (co-inventor of the gaseous-diffusion process that separates the two isotopes ...
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Kearns et al. suggest that our critique is based on news stories rather than their peer-reviewed papers, and they claim that they did not conclude that a sugar industry–backed review published by Harvard nutritionists in 1967 meaningfully... more
Kearns et al. suggest that our critique is based on news stories rather than their peer-reviewed papers, and they claim that they did not conclude that a sugar industry–backed review published by Harvard nutritionists in 1967 meaningfully shaped the course of dietary science and policy. Our Policy
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Patient Zero and the Making of the AIDS Epidemic by Richard A. McKay
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... between private and public health care, and under what circumstances did public health of the newborn and the child practi-cally disappear in ... A classi-cal dcscription of this period, written by a participant in the move-ment he... more
... between private and public health care, and under what circumstances did public health of the newborn and the child practi-cally disappear in ... A classi-cal dcscription of this period, written by a participant in the move-ment he describes, is GF McCleary's The Early History of ...
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The AIDS crisis poses a special challenge for American health care, which depends heavily on private insurance to pay medical bills. Can we provide adequate health care to all who need it and still meet the financial requirements of the... more
The AIDS crisis poses a special challenge for American health care, which depends heavily on private insurance to pay medical bills. Can we provide adequate health care to all who need it and still meet the financial requirements of the private health insurance industry? More insurance carriers are turning to antibody testing in order to eliminate poor risks from non-group, direct-pay pools. Some cost-conscious employers have attempted to fire AIDS patients summarily or to exclude AIDS coverage from group insurance policies. Various remedies are available for spreading the financial risks of the epidemic, such as covering persons with AIDS under Medicare or in state-sponsored health insurance pools. Ethical questions about cost and access may also rekindle the debate about the need for national health insurance.