Nurses redefine patient care during the AIDS crisis

Geraldine Fela

Nurses redefine patient care during the AIDS crisis

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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.

A new book, 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. Its author, Geraldine Fela, tells BroadAgenda why this moving slice of history matters.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	BroadAgenda
Publication status	Published - 30 Jul 2024

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https://www.broadagenda.com.au/2024/nurses-redefine-patient-care-during-the-aids-crisis/

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Critical care: nurses on the frontline of Australia's AIDS crisis
Fela, G., 2024, Sydney, NSW: UNSW Press. 226 p.
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Nurses redefine patient care during the AIDS crisis

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

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