Professor Charles Lacey, Collection
Level of description
Fonds
Reference code
A.2025.0008
Date
1994-1995
Extent and medium
1 folder of 4 documents
Administrative / Biographical History
Charles Lacey was appointed Consultant Physician in Genitourinary Medicine at Leeds General Infirmary in 1982, where he developed an interest in sexually transmitted disease research. In 1996 he was appointed Senior Lecturer in Genitourinary Medicine and Communicable Diseases at Imperial College London and Honorary Consultant Physician at St. Mary's Hospital in London. In 2004 he moved to Hull York Medical School and was appointed to the first Chair in Clinical Medicine in York in 2007. Upon retirement in 2022, Lacey was awarded the status of Emeritus Professor.
The collection consists of material compiled by Lacey relating to the subject of HIV/AIDS.
The collection consists of material compiled by Lacey relating to the subject of HIV/AIDS.
Scope and content
Documents compiled by Professor Charles Lacey, including:
Typewritten draft of a paper written by psychiatric nurse Jerome Wright and sent to Charles Lacey for checking, with accompanying letter of thanks from Wright to Lacey on Leeds General Infirmary headed paper. The paper is titled ‘A Concept Analysis of a Client’s Acceptance of Death’, analyses various theories around whether denial or acceptance of death are helpful, and gives three case studies of HIV patients in Leeds.
Photocopy of a journal article published in Health Psychology, Volume 13, No. 4, 1994, titled ‘Realistic Acceptance as a Predictor of Decreased Survival Time in Gay Men with AIDS’, by Geoffrey M. Reed, Margaret E. Kemeny, Shelley E. Taylor, Hui-Ying J. Wang and Barbara R. Visscher. This explores evidence that realistic acceptance may actually cause increased mortality.
Typewritten transcript of a radio interview given by Charles Lacey to Andrew Edwards on BBC Leeds, 23rd March 1995, produced by Wavelength Broadcast Monitoring Company Ltd. It asks whether the global threat of AIDS has blown over, whether the government is right to reduce funding for voluntary organisations working on HIV/AIDS, and whether it should remain a political priority.
Typewritten draft of a paper written by psychiatric nurse Jerome Wright and sent to Charles Lacey for checking, with accompanying letter of thanks from Wright to Lacey on Leeds General Infirmary headed paper. The paper is titled ‘A Concept Analysis of a Client’s Acceptance of Death’, analyses various theories around whether denial or acceptance of death are helpful, and gives three case studies of HIV patients in Leeds.
Photocopy of a journal article published in Health Psychology, Volume 13, No. 4, 1994, titled ‘Realistic Acceptance as a Predictor of Decreased Survival Time in Gay Men with AIDS’, by Geoffrey M. Reed, Margaret E. Kemeny, Shelley E. Taylor, Hui-Ying J. Wang and Barbara R. Visscher. This explores evidence that realistic acceptance may actually cause increased mortality.
Typewritten transcript of a radio interview given by Charles Lacey to Andrew Edwards on BBC Leeds, 23rd March 1995, produced by Wavelength Broadcast Monitoring Company Ltd. It asks whether the global threat of AIDS has blown over, whether the government is right to reduce funding for voluntary organisations working on HIV/AIDS, and whether it should remain a political priority.
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Not permitted
Language
English