title: (In/Out)side AIDS activism: searching for a critically engaged politics.
abstract: Experience has always been a hallmark of activist work; my work in AIDS activism began with my family's role as caretakers for two children whose parents died of HIV-related complications. Previously, my scholarly work critiqued political and medical establishments and their policies surrounding HIV/AIDS. At the NEH institute, I interacted with the medical world, shadowing nurses and doctors. Through this experience, I discovered the importance of interactivity as a crucial element of the critically engaged AIDS activist experience, creating a more thorough understanding of the medical establishment and a more humanized portrait of hospitals and their staff.
authors.affiliation: LaGuardia Community College--The City University of New York, USA. lclark@lagcc.cuny.edu
authors.forename: J Elizabeth
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Clark
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends; D006291:Health Policy; D006808:Humanism; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy; D011050:Policy Making; D011057:Politics; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations