TY  - BOOK
AU  - Czerwiec,MK
TI  - Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371 
T2  - Graphic Medicine
SN  - 9780271079677
AV  - RC606.6 .C947 2017eb
U1  - 616.97/920231 23
PY  - 2017///]
CY  - University Park, PA
PB  - Penn State University Press
KW  - AIDS (Disease)
KW  - Nursing
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - HIV infections
KW  - Medicine
KW  - COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - AIDS
KW  - Chicago
KW  - HIV
KW  - Illinois Masonic Medical Center
KW  - art
KW  - death
KW  - epidemic
KW  - graphic novel
KW  - graphic
KW  - hospital
KW  - life
KW  - medicine
KW  - oral history
KW  - patient
KW  - ward
N1  - Frontmatter --; Dedication --; Introduction: 1993 --; I. --; II. --; III. --; IV. --; V. --; VI. --; VII. --; VIII. --; IX. --; X. --; XI. --; Acknowledgments --; Notes --; Additional Bibliography; restricted access
N2  - 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 Czerwiec’s 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. Czerwiec’s restrained, inviting drawing style and carefully considered narrative examine individual, institutional, and community responses to the AIDS epidemic—as 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
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271079677?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780271079677
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780271079677/original
ER  -