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Author(s): MK Czerwiec Date: 2024 Format: pdf Language: English ISBN/ASIN: 1637790074   Pages: 232 OCR: Quality: ISBN13:   Uploader: stirkout Upload Date: 9/19/2023 7:25:21 PM       To download click on link in the Links Table below                                                                        Description: Click to see full description A graphic memoir and adapted oral history of Unit 371, an inpatient AIDS care hospital unit in Chicago that was in existence from 1985 to 2000. Examines the human costs of caregiving and the role art can play in the grieving process. In 1994, at the height of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, MK Czerwiec took her first nursing job, at Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, as part of the caregiving staff of HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371. Taking Turns pulls back the curtain on life in the ward. A shining example of excellence in the treatment and care of patients, Unit 371 was a community for thousands of patients and families affected by HIV and AIDS and the people who cared for them. This graphic novel combines Czerwiecs memories with the oral histories of patients, family members, and staff. It depicts life and death in the ward, the ways the unit affected and informed those who passed through it, and how many look back on their time there today. Czerwiec joined Unit 371 at a pivotal time in the history of AIDS: deaths from the syndrome in the Midwest peaked in 1995 and then dropped drastically in the following years, with the release of antiretroviral protease inhibitors. This positive turn of events led to a decline in patient populations and, ultimately, to the closure of Unit 371. Czerwiecs restrained, inviting drawing style and carefully considered narrative examine individual, institutional, and community responses to the AIDS epidemicas well as the role that art can play in the grieving process. Deeply personal yet made up of many voices, this history of daily life in a unique AIDS care unit is an open, honest look at suffering, grief, and hope among a community of medical professionals and patients at the heart of the epidemic. Read more Links Table     Title Link Password Size (MB) Thank to Inform Admin 3202071 Book https://nitroflare.com/view/6C3F72366CF0...   0.00 stirkout Tags: Care HIVAIDS Stories Turns Unit Title Link Password Size Reason Dead link New format   Those who downloaded this book also downloaded the following books: Comments New comment:

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