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Author: Powel H. Kazanjian
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Imprint: Rutgers University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.481kg
ISBN: 9781978830684
ISBN 10: 1978830688
Pages: 276
Publication Date: 15 November 2024
Recommended Age: From 16 to 99 years
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
“Kazanjian offers a sweeping study of telling moments in medicine’s long struggle against infectious disease, bringing us a pointed message about our present public health challenges.” -- Christopher Crenner * Hudson-Major Professor of the History of Medicine * “Carefully researched and meticulously documented, Persisting Pandemics discusses similarities in the history of syphilis and AIDS and what lessons this story has for the battle against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Kazanjian provides the most thorough analysis that I have seen of this topic, providing insights beneficial to those officials involved in dealing with the current pandemic, as well as those who will have to deal with future pandemics.” -- John Parascandola * author of Sex, Sin and Science: A History of Syphilis in America *
“Kazanjian offers a sweeping study of telling moments in medicine’s long struggle against infectious disease, bringing us a pointed message about our present public health challenges.” — Christopher Crenner, Hudson-Major Professor of the History of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center “Carefully researched and meticulously documented, Persisting Pandemics discusses similarities in the history of syphilis and AIDS and what lessons this story has for the battle against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Kazanjian provides the most thorough analysis that I have seen of this topic, providing insights beneficial to those officials involved in dealing with the current pandemic, as well as those who will have to deal with future pandemics.” — John Parascandola, author of Sex, Sin and Science: A History of Syphilis in America
“Kazanjian offers a sweeping study of telling moments in medicine’s long struggle against infectious disease, bringing us a pointed message about our present public health challenges.” -- Christopher Crenner, * Hudson-Major Professor of the History of Medicine * “Carefully researched and meticulously documented, Persisting Pandemics discusses similarities in the history of syphilis and AIDS and what lessons this story has for the battle against COVID-19 and other infectious diseases. Kazanjian provides the most thorough analysis that I have seen of this topic, providing insights beneficial to those officials involved in dealing with the current pandemic, as well as those who will have to deal with future pandemics.” -- John Parascandola, * author of Sex, Sin and Science: A History of Syphilis in America *
Author Information
POWEL H. KAZANJIAN, MD, PhD is a professor and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, at the University of Michigan Medical Center and a professor in the Department of History at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
