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Large print book

On call : a doctor's journey in public service

Call Number

  • LARGE TYPE 921 F257.1 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First large print edition.

Publication Information

[New York] : Random House Large Print, 2024.

Physical Description

xiv, 638 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

"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"--

Contents

  • 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.

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