AIDS, Men's Health, Health Care Delivery, AIDS & HIV, General, LGBTQ+, Social Services & Welfare, Diseases, Gay & Lesbian Studies, Gender Studies, Non-Fiction, Health, Wellness, HIV, Biographies, Biography, Interviews, United States, North American 

People who have lived for many years with HIV but without symptoms must fight a virus they cannot see and a disease they cannot feel. Not only does this struggle color decisions about medical treatment, it also affects communities and personal identities. Concerned about several men who knew they were HIV positive but who elected not to monitor their T-cells, MacIntyre focused his investigation on the ways in which HIV-positive gay men in his own community interpreted their diagnoses and made treatment decisions. The result is a partly autobiographical (MacIntyre tested positive for HIV in 1985 and is as yet asymptomatic) collection of conversations between the author and several articulate, well-educated HIV-positive gay men. Mortal Men uncovers contrasting beliefs on health, illness, and medicine and raises psychological and sociocultural issues that influence medical and lifestyle decisions.
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