The AIDS epidemic in San Francisco : oral history transcript : the response of community physicians, 1981-1984 / 2000

320 Pages·2000·9.1 MB·English

by  Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office

University ofCalifornia Berkeley

Regional Oral History Office University of California
The Bancroft Library Berkeley, California
The San Francisco AIDS Oral History Series
THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN SAN FRANCISCO: THE RESPONSE OF COMMUNITY PHYSICIANS,
1981-1984
Volume II
Paul Monahan O Malley AIDS AND THE HEPATITIS B VACCINE
TRIAL IN SAN FRANCISCO
Stephen Follansbee, M.D. INFECTIOUS DISEASE PRACTITIONER IN
THE EARLY AIDS EPIDEMIC
With an Introduction by
Donald I. Abrams, M.D.
Interviews Conducted by
Sally Smith Hughes, Ph.D.
in 1996
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It is recommended that this oral history be cited as follows:
To cite the volume: The AIDS Epidemic in San
Francisco: The Response of Community Physicians, 1981-
1984, Volume II, an oral history conducted in 1996,
Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley, 2000.
To cite an individual interview: [ex.] Stephen
Follansbee, M.D., "Infectious Disease Practitioner in
the Early AIDS Epidemic" an oral history conducted in
1995 and 1996 by Sally Smith Hughes in The AIDS
Epidemic in San Francisco: The Response of Community
Physicians, 1981-1984, Volume II, Regional Oral
History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of
California, Berkeley, 2000.
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Cataloging information
THE AIDS EPIDEMIC IN SAN FRANCISCO: THE RESPONSE OF THE COMMUNITY
PHYSICIANS, 1981-1984, Volume II 2000, xv, 263 pp.
Paul Monahan O Malley. (b. 1946). Public health agent and AIDS
researcher; background and "coming out"; work at the San Francisco City
Health Clinic; prevalence of Sexually Transmitted Diseases [STDs] in gay
men; hepatitis B study, 1977: confidentiality issues, finding
participants, first AIDS cases, use of data for AIDS research; educating
gay men about AIDS; discusses Selma Dritz, Randy Shilts, Andrew Moss,
other early personalities in AIDS medicine; Stephen E. Follansbee, M.D.,
(b. 1948). Infectious disease physician; background and early career;
early discovery and treatment of AIDS and AIDS-related opportunistic
infections; seriousness of the AIDS epidemic, linking it to the gay
community; Connie Wofsy, Jay Levy and other early AIDS physicians;
Physicians for Human Rights groups and County Community Consortium;
infection control measures and the AIDS antibody test; comments on San
Francisco s medical response to AIDS, later treatments for AIDS, and the
future of the epidemic.
Introduction by Donald I. Abrams, M.D., Chair, Community
Consortium.
Interviewed 1996 by Sally Smith Hughes, Ph.D., for the San
Francisco AIDS Oral History Series. Regional Oral History Office,
The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.