Ron Lees interviewed by Heather Rusden

Ron Lees reflects on the effects of his HIV positive status on his life & family, including: haemophilia management pre-HIV; first awareness of AIDS as a disease; early concern over safety of blood supply; his HIV positive diagnosis; medical practitioners; hepatitis; dental practice; safe sex practice; informing friends, parents of HIV status; religion; information sources; effect of AIDS on haemophilia community; community awareness of HIV issues; support groups; his health status; drug treatments; heat treatment of blood products; effect of HIV on his haemophilia; medicial specialists; confidentiality of medical records; media treatment of medically-acquired & non-medically-acquired AIDS; discrimination; gay community response to the disease; Grim Reaper campaign; haemophilia community awareness of HIV issues; effect of HIV on his career; income support; legal action; Haemophilia Foundation of Australia; Mark Fitzpatrick Trust; effect of his positive status on sexual contact & decision to have a child; psychological effects of AIDS deaths; privacy issue. • 1993 Sept. 1 • 4 digital audio tapes (ca. 301 min.)