Book Summary:
Despite an initial climate of panic, Australia developed a pragmatic and innovative response to AIDS that is regarded as one of the most effective in the world. This book charts the history of AIDS in Australia from both medical and policy perspectives, as well as the viewpoints of activists, sufferers, and families grappling with illness and stigmatization themselves. Learning to Trust makes clear that a history of AIDS is also a history of our ideas about sexuality, of public policy at one of its most important frontiers, and of activism. |