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Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health 5/2015

01.10.2015 | Book Review

VOICES IN THE BAND: A DOCTOR, HER PATIENTS, AND HOW THE OUTLOOK ON AIDS CHANGED FROM DOOMED TO HOPEFUL

By Susan C. Ball. 251 pp. New York: Cornell University Press, 2015. Hardcover: Alkaline paper. $27.95, ISBN 978-0-8014-5362-5

verfasst von: Pat Fosarelli, M.D., D.Min.

Erschienen in: Journal of Religion and Health | Ausgabe 5/2015

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For a good part of the 1990s, I had the privilege of serving as a staff physician in a clinic devoted to HIV-infected or affected children and their families. There were days when I wanted to cry and days when I wanted to laugh; sometimes, these coincided. There were days when I was frustrated by some parents’ neglect (as far as their children’s illness was concerned) and days when I was awestruck by the grit and determination of other parents in their efforts to ensure their children’s level of health. There were days when I teetered on being defeated by the massive adverse social factors impacting my patients and their families, and days when I was the one who was lifted by the spirit of children and their families. …
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Titel
VOICES IN THE BAND: A DOCTOR, HER PATIENTS, AND HOW THE OUTLOOK ON AIDS CHANGED FROM DOOMED TO HOPEFUL
By Susan C. Ball. 251 pp. New York: Cornell University Press, 2015. Hardcover: Alkaline paper. $27.95, ISBN 978-0-8014-5362-5
verfasst von
Pat Fosarelli, M.D., D.Min.
Publikationsdatum
01.10.2015
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Journal of Religion and Health / Ausgabe 5/2015
Print ISSN: 0022-4197
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-6571
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-015-0061-2

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