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Pauline Dobson

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Pauline Dobson: interview log

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Pauline Dobson: interview

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Pauline Dobson's recollections of early work in the AIDS wards at Royal Newcastle Hospital and John Hunter Hospital, and the many commemorations of those men and women who died. The interviewer is John Witte.

SummaryPauline was among the first group of Registered Nurses who volunteered to work in the newly created AIDS Annexe at Royal Newcastle Hospital. AIDS was then known as the "gay disease" with no understanding of how it was transmitted. Pauline had not met a gay man prior to working in the Annexe and believed that "these people deserved care like anybody else". This was the time when AIDS patients suffered considerable prejudice everywhere. Pauline describes the contributions of Dr David Sutherland and Sister Sandy Berenger providing health care and educating hospital staff and people in the Hunter. This interview is an informative introduction to the history of HIV/AIDS in the Hunter focusing on the medical and the local community responses to the crisis.SubjectLGBTIQ historyhospitalshomosexualitynursingAIDSPersonPauline DobsonInterview logPauline Dobson: interview logCreatorDobson, PaulineWitte, JohnCollectionHunter Rainbow History GroupPlaceNewcastleCopyright Notice

Date Created27 July 2018Identifier180727 Dobson_Pauline_ed.mp3

180727 Dobson_Pauline_ed.mp3

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Early life and school. 654 secs
First jobs and becoming a Registered Nurse. 620 secs
AIDS hysteria and the management of first AID... 445 secs
Volunteering to work in the Annexe. 505 secs
Managing the Annexe and educating staff and t... 510 secs
Anti-viral drug trials and treatment of oppor... 675 secs
The stigma of having AIDS and the impact stig... 440 secs
Community support for AIDS patients. 565 secs
Activism - both community and medical - to g... 915 secs
23 seconds silence 23 secs
10 seconds silence 10 secs
The eventual move to John Hunter Hospital. 215 secs
22 seconds silence 22 secs
Assessment of Dr David Sutherland. 530 secs
28 seconds silence 28 secs
1 minute 38 seconds silence 98 secs
37 seconds silence 37 secs
The earthquake. 300 secs
The role of AIDS Council of NSW (ACON). 85 secs
The commemorations – the Quilt Project, Wor... 1575 secs
The commemorations – the Quilt Project, Wor... 1575 secs
The turn-around in treating HIV with the intr... 409 secs
Treatment of HIV+ people now. 380 secs

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