AIDS in context
A. A. Van Niekerk • 1991 • Lux Verbi
- Author
- A. A. Van Niekerk
- First published
- 1991
- Publisher
- Lux Verbi
- Subjects
- AIDS (Disease) · Ethics · Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- ISBN
- 9780869973608
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Published in 1991, AIDS in Context by A. A. Van Niekerk arrived during a critical period in the global response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. As a work emerging from the South African intellectual landscape, it sought to bridge the gap between clinical understandings of the virus and the profound social, ethical, and theological challenges that the crisis imposed on society at the time.
Van Niekerk, a scholar noted for his work in bioethics and philosophy, designed this text to move beyond purely medical discourse, addressing the human and structural context of the disease. By exploring the societal reaction and the moral frameworks needed to navigate the pandemic, the book served as an early, thoughtful contribution to the discourse surrounding public health policy and individual dignity in the face of widespread stigma.
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