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On call : a doctor's journey in public service
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- Summary
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"The memoir by the doctor who became a beacon of hope for millions through the COVID pandemic, and whose six-decade career in high-level public service put him in the room with seven presidents"--
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- Creator
- Anthony S. Fauci, M.D
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- [New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024]
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 464 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780593657478, 0593657470, 9780593657485, 9780593657485
- OCLC
- on1420428276
- Place of publication from publisher's website.
- Preface -- Part one: From Bensonhurst to Washington. Brooklyn boy -- Becoming Dr. Fauci -- Heading south -- Part two: The AIDS era. Game changer -- Up close and painful -- The Human Immunodeficiency Virus -- Taking the reins -- Two Brooklyn boys -- Building an AIDS research program -- AIDS strikes close to home -- A global catastrophe -- AIDS activism -- A president, a gentleman, and a friend -- La famiglia -- The changing of the guard -- The search for an HIV vaccine -- The Lazarus effect -- HIV denialism -- An unequal world -- Part three: The wars on terror and disease. Widening the battle -- The day the world changed -- Anthrax -- Going global with AIDS relief -- Smallpox and stockpiles -- Project BioShield -- You have to love Yogi -- A reluctant Congress -- Iraq -- Influenza meets the supply chain -- Legacies -- Part four: Expecting the unexpected. Enter Obama -- Moving toward and HIV-free world -- Epidemics of disease and fear -- Patient X -- Zika and other surprises -- Passing the baton -- Part five: COVID. A disease like none other -- He loves me, he loves me not -- Illegitimi non carborundum -- Epilogue
Subjects
- Fauci, Anthony S., 1940-
- Government physicians -- United States -- Biography.
- Immunologists -- United States -- Biography.
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (U.S.) -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
- AIDS (Disease) -- Research -- United States -- Popular works.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- United States -- Personal narratives.
- COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Government policy -- United States -- Popular works.