Bibliograph

A plague on all our houses, medical intrigue, Hollywood, and the discovery of AIDS, Bruce J. Hillman, MD

Type

Label

A plague on all our houses, medical intrigue, Hollywood, and the discovery of AIDS, Bruce J. Hillman, MD

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A plague on all our houses

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

939597219

Responsibility statement

Bruce J. Hillman, MD

Sub title

medical intrigue, Hollywood, and the discovery of AIDS

Summary

A frightening new plague. A medical mystery. A pioneering immunologist. In A Plague on All Our Houses, Dr. Bruce J. Hillman dissects the war of egos, money, academic power, and Hollywood clout that advanced AIDS research even as it compromised the career of the scientist who discovered the disease

Table Of Contents

Sick queen -- Riding the tiger -- Fast times -- The Waxman cometh -- The color of money -- No love lost -- The power of denial -- Rock -- Elizabeth -- The contentious route to an effective treatment -- Fear itself -- The politics of research advocacy -- The making of a radical -- Le deluge -- Epilogue: redeeming the years lost to the locusts

Target audience

adult

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