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020			_a9780826521248 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a082652124X (hardcover : alk. paper)
020			_a9780826521255 (paperback)
020			_a0826521258 (paperback)
020			_z9780826521262 (ebook)
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050	0	0	_aRC606.5 _b.A475 2017
060	1	0	_aWC 503
082	0	0	_a362.19697/92 _223
100	1		_aAmmann, Arthur J., _d1936- , _eauthor. _96046
245	1	0	_aLethal decisions : _bthe unnecessary deaths of women and children from HIV/AIDS / _cArthur J. Ammann, MD.
264		1	_aNashville : _bVanderbilt University Press, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2017
300			_axiii, 376 pages ; _c27 cm
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 339-362) and index.
505	0		_aPart 1 : The beginning -- Pediatric HIV/AIDS -- AIDS and blood -- The blood banking industry in denial -- A personal tragedy -- Saving lives : preventing HIV infection in infants -- The denialist movement -- Part 2 : Pediatric AIDS becomes a reality -- Born of necessity : the Pediatric AIDS Foundation -- Priority at last : pediatric HIV/AIDS -- A living legacy : Elizabeth Glaser Scientist Awards -- The Ariel Project : the best, the brightest, and the committed -- Too urgent to wait : the American Foundation for AIDS Research -- What about the rest of the world? the first conference on global strategies for the prevention of HIV transmission from mothers to infants -- Ensuring that voices from low-income countries are heard -- A call to action : the second conference on global strategies for the prevention of HIV transmission from mothers to infants -- From a small beginning to major prevention and care programs -- Why wait? start now -- Going the last mile : the obscure, the neglected, and the desperately needy -- Part 3 : Unexpected obstacles : institutions, therapeutic denialism, and treatment guidelines -- Pediatric AIDS and drug development -- Acronyms and legislative redundancy -- Facts speak louder than words : examining efforts that failed -- Guidelines can become rules -- Treatment guidelines : not without risks -- Part 4 : Stalled : losing sight of the mission -- Damn the ethics, full speed ahead -- The tyranny of research -- Misspent dollars -- For better or for worse? the pediatric AIDS clinical trial group expands -- Turning the corner -- Part 5 : Ending the pediatric HIV/AIDS epidemic -- What went well -- PEPFAR to the rescue -- Solutions.
520			_a"This book chronicles the discovery of AIDS in a handful of infants beginning in 1981 and the remarkable scientific progress in prevention and treatment over the 15 years that followed"--
650		0	_aAIDS (Disease) _xPatients. _96047
650		0	_aAIDS (Disease) in women. _96048
650		0	_aAIDS (Disease) in children. _96049
650	1	2	_aHIV Infections _xhistory _96050
650	2	2	_aAcquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome _xhistory _96051
650	2	2	_aHealth Policy _96052
650	2	2	_aHistory, 20th Century _96053
650	2	2	_aHistory, 21st Century _96054
650	2	2	_aChild _96055
650	2	2	_aInfant _96056
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aAmmann, Arthur J., 1936- , author. _tLethal decisions _dNashville : Vanderbilt University Press, [2016] _z9780826521262 _w(DLC) 2016008636
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