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Lessons From A Plague, Max D. Siegel Jan 2013

Lessons From A Plague, Max D. Siegel

Student Articles and Papers

This Article argues that we ought to examine this country’s early AIDS crisis for lessons on addressing HIV in the twenty-first century and to improve the ongoing social movement of sexual minorities in the United States. In the 1980s and early 1990s, AIDS focused sexual minorities’ advocacy efforts as both liberationists working to deregulate sexuality and integrationists seeking entrance to heterosexual privilege recognized that their agendas needed to account for this new crisis. Over time, a liberationist response to AIDS emerged and dominated the social movement because sexual minorities needed to publicly defend their differences in order to stay alive. …


Manipulating Fate: Medical Innovations, Ethical Implications, Theatrical Illuminations, Karen H. Rothenberg, Lynn W. Bush Jan 2012

Manipulating Fate: Medical Innovations, Ethical Implications, Theatrical Illuminations, Karen H. Rothenberg, Lynn W. Bush

Faculty Scholarship

Transformative innovations in medicine and their ethical complexities create frequent confusion and misinterpretation that color the imagination. Placed in historical context, theatre provides a framework to reflect upon how the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies evolve over time and how attempts to control fate through medical science have shaped -- and been shaped by -- personal and professional relationships. The drama of these human interactions is powerful and has the potential to generate fear, create hope, transform identity, and inspire empathy -- a vivid source to observe the complex implications of translating research into clinical practice through …


Keeping Prevention In The Crosshairs: A Better Hiv Exposure Law For Maryland, Sara Klemm Jan 2010

Keeping Prevention In The Crosshairs: A Better Hiv Exposure Law For Maryland, Sara Klemm

Journal of Health Care Law and Policy

No abstract provided.


Enhancing Human Security: U.S. Policies And Their Health Impact On Women In Sub-Saharan Africa, Tamera Fillinger Jan 2006

Enhancing Human Security: U.S. Policies And Their Health Impact On Women In Sub-Saharan Africa, Tamera Fillinger

University of Maryland Law Journal of Race, Religion, Gender and Class

No abstract provided.


Medical Treatment Of Children With Hiv Illness And The Need For Supportive Intervention: The Challenges Of Medical Providers, Families And The State, Deborah J. Weimer Jan 2003

Medical Treatment Of Children With Hiv Illness And The Need For Supportive Intervention: The Challenges Of Medical Providers, Families And The State, Deborah J. Weimer

Faculty Scholarship

Human iummuno-deficiency virus (HIV) illness in children poses tremendous challenges to medical providers and families to work together to deliver optimal care. An alternative to filing "neglect" reports with the Department of Social Services is necessary to provide support and appropriate intervention to families and medical providers caring for HIV-positive children.

The creation of a neutral entity that could intervene and identify barriers to treatment and communication between the medical providers and the family would benefit all the parties involved. Knowledgeable mediators could help facilitate communication and identify appropriate support for the child and family.

Intervention would not be delayed …


Reproduction And Parenting, Taunya Lovell Banks Jan 1993

Reproduction And Parenting, Taunya Lovell Banks

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Beyond Parens Patriae: Assuring Timely, Informed, Compassionate Decicisionmaking For Hiv-Positive Children In Foster Care, Deborah J. Weimer Jan 1991

Beyond Parens Patriae: Assuring Timely, Informed, Compassionate Decicisionmaking For Hiv-Positive Children In Foster Care, Deborah J. Weimer

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Women And Aids - Racism, Sexism, And Classism, Taunya L. Banks Jan 1990

Women And Aids - Racism, Sexism, And Classism, Taunya L. Banks

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Aids And Government: A Plan Of Action, Taunya L. Banks Jan 1989

Aids And Government: A Plan Of Action, Taunya L. Banks

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Hospitals, Health Care Professionals, And Aids: The "Right To Know" The Health Status Of Professionals And Patients, Larry Gostin Jan 1989

Hospitals, Health Care Professionals, And Aids: The "Right To Know" The Health Status Of Professionals And Patients, Larry Gostin

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Aids, Hiv, And Health Care Workers: Some International Legislative Perspectives, Sev S. Fluss, Dineke Zeegers Jan 1989

Aids, Hiv, And Health Care Workers: Some International Legislative Perspectives, Sev S. Fluss, Dineke Zeegers

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Workplace Exposure To Aids, Debra A. Abbott Jan 1989

Workplace Exposure To Aids, Debra A. Abbott

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Aids Project:Creating A Public Health Policy - Rights And Obligations Of Health Care Workers, Karen H. Rothenberg Jan 1989

The Aids Project:Creating A Public Health Policy - Rights And Obligations Of Health Care Workers, Karen H. Rothenberg

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Aids, Therapeutic Confidentiality, And Warning Third Parties, Donald H.J. Hermann, Rosalind D. Gagliano Jan 1989

Aids, Therapeutic Confidentiality, And Warning Third Parties, Donald H.J. Hermann, Rosalind D. Gagliano

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.


Aids And The Right To Health Care, Taunya Lovell Banks Jan 1988

Aids And The Right To Health Care, Taunya Lovell Banks

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Right To Medical Treatment, Taunya Lovell Banks Jan 1987

The Right To Medical Treatment, Taunya Lovell Banks

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Developing Law On Aids In The Workplace , Jana Howard Carey, Megan M. Arthur Jan 1987

The Developing Law On Aids In The Workplace , Jana Howard Carey, Megan M. Arthur

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.