Hospital time

Type Book

Rate 0.0 /5

"Amy Hoffman, a writer, lesbian activist, and former editor of Gay Community News, chronicles with fury and unflinching honesty her experience serving as primary caretaker for her friend and colleague, Mike Riegle, who died from AIDS-related complications in 1992"--Cover

Details

Files

Reviews

Download

Title Statements

Full title :Hospital time / Amy Hoffman ; with a foreword by Urvashi Vaid.

Summary

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1997.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Duke University Press
Place of Publication:Durham [N.C.]
Language:eng
Publication Date:1997.

The Physical Object

Description:xv, 149 pages ; : 23 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0822319276, 9780822319276, 0822319209, 9780822319207
oclc:ocm35450347
LC Classification:RC607.A26
Dewey Decimal:B

Foreword / Urvashi Vaid -- Introduction: Hospital time -- Distractions -- Too nice -- Going shopping -- The straight yoga class -- Mike's roommate -- Mike's coat -- My art, the sea -- Going to Memphis -- DNR I -- Mike's laundry -- The plane to Seattle -- Ticket money -- DNR II -- Sunday, morning -- Mike dies peacefully -- Obituary -- The great blue heron -- Calling the names -- Ice chips -- Influences from beyond the grave -- Kevin and me -- Passover -- The real family -- The angel of death -- The sheltering tree -- The ceiling -- The teddy bear -- Catherine -- Six things I've inherited -- Two dreams -- Walta's birthday -- Mike eating -- Mike's dick -- Conclusion: Kaddish.

Subjects

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Aidants naturels AIDS (Disease) AIDS (Disease) -- Biography. -- Patients AIDS (Disease) -- Patients Biographies Biography Caregivers health Personal Narrative Personal narratives Récits personnels Riegle, Mike Sida Sidéens -- Biographies Sidéens -- Soins hospitaliers