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AIDS: Fear and Hope
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 7 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Week 1 - Unit 1 - Beginnings: A New Disease Surprises The World
HIV Basics, Stigma, Three Books, Chimps to Humans, Some Memories - Week 2 - Unit 2 - Transmission, Gender, Politics
Transmission, Gender, More Memories - Week 3 - Unit 3 - Testing (and Some Politics and Memories)
The Critical Issue--Testing - Week 4 - Unit 4 - Living With HIV
Not a death sentence, but not easy; More Politics, Sexual Orientation - Week 5 - Unit 5 - Caring for Patients
Doctors, Medication, More Politics, More Memories - Week 6 - Unit 6 - Prevention, Art, Poetry
- Week 7 - Unit 7 - Wrapping Up
Cure? Legal Issues, Cost, The Future, Acting Up
Prerequisite
Instructors
Richard Meisler, Ph.D.
Lecturer
Department of American Culture, University of Michigan
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