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"Disease and Democracy "is the first comparative analysis of how Western democratic nations have coped with AIDS. Peter Baldwin's exploration of divergent approaches to the epidemic in the United States and several European nations is a springboard for a wide-ranging and sophisticated historical analysis of public health practices and policies. In addition to his comprehensive presentation of information on approaches to AIDS, Baldwin's authoritative book provides a new perspective on our most enduring political dilemma: how to reconcile individual liberty with the safety of the community. Baldwin finds that Western democratic nations have adopted much more varied approaches to AIDS than is commonly recognized. He situates the range of responses to AIDS within the span of past attempts to control contagious disease and discovers the crucial role that history has played in developing these various approaches. Baldwin finds that the various tactics adopted to fight AIDS have sprung largely from those adopted against the classic epidemic diseases of the nineteenth century--especially cholera--and that they reflect the long institutional memories embodied in public health institutions.
| ISBN | 0520251474 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780520251472
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 648 | | Publisher | The University Press Group Ltd | | Published in | CA | | Imprint | University of California Press | | Series ISSN | 13 | | Format | Paperback | | Series title | California/ Milbank Books on Health & the Public | | Publication date | 05 Feb 2005 | | Height (mm) | 229 | | DEWEY | 362.19697920091722 | | Width (mm) | 152 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Spine width (mm) | 25 | | Pages | 478 | | Academic level | Professional / Scholarly |
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Foreword by Daniel M. Fox and Samuel L. Milbank Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction: Slaves to the Past 1. Bodily Fluids and Citizenship 2. What Came First 3. Fighting the Previous War: Traditional Public Health Strategies and AIDS 4. Patients into Prisoners: Responsibility, Crime, and Health 5. Discrimination and Its Discontents: Protecting the Victims 6. Every Man His Own Quarantine Officer: The Voluntary Approach 7. The Polymorphous Politics of Prevention 8. To Die Laughing: Gays and Other Interest Groups 9. Vox Populi Suprema Lex Est: Expertise, Authority, and Democracy 10. Clio Intervenes: The Effect of the Past on Public Health 11. Liberty, Authority, and the State in the AIDS Era Notes Index
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