New York magazine takes a look at the dark journey of “near-legendary” AIDS doctor Ramon Torres and others like him who saw the worst of it:
“Torres is one of the untold casualties of the epidemic's aftershocks. In the decade since AIDS moved from a mostly deadly plague to a largely manageable condition, a surprising number of the frontline veterans of the most difficult years in the fight against the disease have seemed to lose their bearings. Many health-care professionals talk today of feelings of emptiness and disillusionment in the wake of the epidemic's taming. Some have moved out of the field altogether. For others, drug addiction replaced drug research.”
Another AIDS Casualty [new york magazine]
