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Title The best new books released in July, as selected by avid readers and critics Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet Australian Broadcasting Corporation Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 27/07/24 Description Review of Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis in the ABC's best books of July segment Producer/Author Jinghua Qian URL https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-27/best-new-books-to-read-in-july-evie-wyld-jazz-money/104140096 Persons Geraldine Fela Title A black parable and fine nature writing: Eight books to read next Media name/outlet Sydney Morning Herald Media type Print Country/Territory Australia Date 25/07/24 Description Review of 'Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis' in the Sydney Morning Herald URL https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/a-black-parable-and-fine-nature-writing-eight-books-to-read-next-20240719-p5jv2u.html Persons Geraldine Fela Title https://anmj.org.au/nurses-on-the-frontline-of-australias-aids-crisis/ Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal Country/Territory Australia Date 24/07/24 Description A new book chronicles the role nurses played during the AIDS pandemic after the emergence of HIV, and how unions drove infection control policy, including universal precautions. Producer/Author Natalie Dragon URL https://anmj.org.au/nurses-on-the-frontline-of-australias-aids-crisis/ Persons Geraldine Fela Title Notable Books: What to read this week Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet The Australian Media type Print Country/Territory Australia Date 13/07/24 Persons Geraldine Fela
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Title Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia’s AIDS Crisis – New Book! Media name/outlet JOY FM Media type Radio Duration/Length/Size 15 minutes Country/Territory Australia Date 8/08/24 Description History is so important and for the LGBTIQ+ community, often much of it isn’t documented or is fragmented in people’s personal stories.
In the 1980’s the community was decimated by the arrival of HIV.
It impacted frontline nurses and the community in ways that perhaps we never really understood – until now!
Geraldine Fela is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Department of History and Archaeology, Macquarie University. Geraldine has researched and written a new book titles Critical Care – Nurses on the frontline of Australia’s AIDS Crisis.URL https://joy.org.au/joydrive/2024/08/08/critical-care-nurses-on-the-frontline-of-australias-aids-crisis-new-book/ Persons Geraldine Fela Title Frontline nurses in the AIDS crisis Degree of recognition National Media name/outlet ABC Radio National Media type Radio Duration/Length/Size 30 minutes Country/Territory Australia Date 16/07/24 Description In the early years of AIDS, men and women with the HIV virus were widely seen as untouchables. The nurses who elected to care for them were stigmatised along with their patients. But until now, their story has not been told.
Guests:
Geraldine Fela, author of ‘Critical care: Nurses on the frontline of Australia’s AIDS crisis’ (NewSouth), Historian, postdoctoral research fellow in Macquarie University’s Department of History and Archaeology
Marilyn Beaumont, Federal Secretary of the Nurses Union through the critical years of the AIDS epidemicProducer/Author David Marr URL https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/nurses-aids-crisis-geraldine-fela-marilyn-beaumont/104106226 Persons Geraldine Fela Title Nightlife History - Nurses at the Frontline of the AIDS Crisis Media name/outlet ABC Sydney - Nightlife Media type Radio Duration/Length/Size 15 minutes Country/Territory Australia Date 16/07/24 Description HIV and AIDS devastated communities across Australia in the 80's and 90's. Amidst the crisis nurses were on the front line providing critical care to those in need. And it wasn't just the complexities of health care they were having to navigate. Homophobia, complex family dynamics and defending the rights of their patients all played out during this highly sensitive and confronting time.
Dr Geraldine Fela, historian at Macquarie University, pulled together an extraordinary account of the period in her latest book, Critical Care, nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis, and joined Philip Clark on Nightlife to discuss the role nurses played as caregivers and political agents, helping to shape Australia's response to the crisis.Producer/Author Philip Clark URL https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/nightlife/nightlife-history---nurses-at-the-frontline-of-the-aids-crisis/104105864 Persons Geraldine Fela