Kristen Ries, interview 1, 2015

File — Box: 4, Folder: 2

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Scope and Contents

Dr. Kristen Ries (b. 1940) set up a medical practice in Salt Lake City just as the AIDS epidemic was starting to be studied. Ries remembers the first CDC report about the disease and thinking it might be an STD. Dr. Ries then became the main physician treating patients with HIV/AIDS in all of Utah. Ries talks about the stigma surrounding the disease and describes the many different ways she and her health team served patients with HIV/AIDS. Kristen Ries created a loving, supportive environmentfor their patients.
Interviewed by Elizabeth Clement.

Dates

2015

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