Critical care: nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis

Geraldine Fela

Critical care: nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis

Geraldine Fela

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Abstract

HIV and AIDS devastated communities across Australia in the 1980s and 1990s. In the midst of this profound health crisis, nurses provided crucial care to those living with and dying from the virus. They negotiated homophobia and complex family dynamics as well as defending the rights of their patients.

Bringing together stories from across the country, historian Geraldine Fela documents the extraordinary care, compassion and solidarity shown by HIV and AIDS nurses. Critical Care unearths the important and unexamined history of nurses and nursing unions as caregivers and political agents who helped shape Australia’s response to HIV and AIDS.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Sydney, NSW
Publisher	UNSW Press
Number of pages	226
ISBN (Electronic)	9781742238999, 9781742239958
ISBN (Print)	9781761170034
Publication status	Published - 2024

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Critical care: nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis

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Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of the AIDS crisis

LGBTIQ history

Barry McCluskey was the first known nurse to contract HIV in Australia. This is his story

Caregivers, activists, advocates: nurses and Australia's AIDS crisis

Don’t be shame, be game! Responding to HIV and AIDS in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

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Critical care: nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis

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Critical Care: Nurses on the frontline of the AIDS crisis

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Barry McCluskey was the first known nurse to contract HIV in Australia. This is his story

Caregivers, activists, advocates: nurses and Australia's AIDS crisis

Don’t be shame, be game! Responding to HIV and AIDS in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities

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