TY - GEN N2 - This collection contains the records of the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, an independent body created by federal law in 1989 to develop a national consensus on policy concerning AIDS. The Commission's fifteen members included doctors, politicians, public health officials, religious leaders, and activists--including HIV-positive basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. In Response to the AIDS Crisis documents the detailed investigations the Commission conducted during its four-year term. Medically, it investigated healthcare and treatment, current research and clinical trials, and the risk of transmission. Politically, the Commission looked at federal, state, and local responsibilities. And socially, it examined the social and human aspects of the epidemic, including international aspects of the AIDS epidemic, HIV and civil rights, and the response of religious communities to HIV. The Commission also looked at the epidemic's effect on lesbian, gay, and bisexual communities, African American communities, and Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders. AB - This collection contains the records of the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, an independent body created by federal law in 1989 to develop a national consensus on policy concerning AIDS. The Commission's fifteen members included doctors, politicians, public health officials, religious leaders, and activists--including HIV-positive basketball star Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. In Response to the AIDS Crisis documents the detailed investigations the Commission conducted during its four-year term. Medically, it investigated healthcare and treatment, current research and clinical trials, and the risk of transmission. Politically, the Commission looked at federal, state, and local responsibilities. And socially, it examined the social and human aspects of the epidemic, including international aspects of the AIDS epidemic, HIV and civil rights, and the response of religious communities to HIV. The Commission also looked at the epidemic's effect on lesbian, gay, and bisexual communities, African American communities, and Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders. T1 - In response to the AIDS crisis :records of the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 1983-1994. N1 - Source institution: National Library of Medicine. N1 - Date range: 1983-1994. ID - 883683 KW - AIDS (Disease) KW - HIV infections TI - In response to the AIDS crisis :records of the National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, 1983-1994. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://gdc.galegroup.com/gdc/artemis/collection/actionWin?&catId=GALE%7COZVNGV387027784&action=e&windowstate=normal&mode=view&prodId=AHSI&p=AHSI&userGroupName=usi UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://gdc.galegroup.com/gdc/artemis/collection/actionWin?&catId=GALE%7COZVNGV387027784&action=e&windowstate=normal&mode=view&prodId=AHSI&p=AHSI&userGroupName=usi ER -