AIDS drugs row

Title

AIDS drugs row

Genre

Interview

TX Date

27 Aug 1987

Year of production

1987

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Duration

00:02:19

Description

Bill Nelles, Terrence Higgins Trust, responding to comments by the Bishop of Birmingham, Hugh Montefiore, who said the spending of large sums of money on drugs to prolong the lives of terminal AIDS sufferers was difficult to justify and so the NHS should not be spending money on AZT. Reporter not identified.

Contributors

Bill Nelles

Keywords

Medical ethics; NHS; Drugs; AIDS; Bishops; Hugh Montefiore; AZT; Terrence Higgins Trust

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