Discrimination, if your reaction is slow, get a checkup [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Discrimination, if your reaction is slow, get a checkup [inscribed]

Date

1986/2004

Place of Origin

Washington (D.C.)

Publisher

Pan American Health Organization

Language

English

Collection

AIDS Posters Collection

Notes

Description

At the top of the poster the word discrimination is printed in large letters. Within the black outlined letters you can see the ocean shoreline in orange, grey, purple and light green. Under the word discrimination, there is a reflex hammer with several red ribbons attached to the side of the head of the hammer.
Poster held by Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library. History & Special Collections, Collection no. 306, item UNA007.
The web site for the Pan American Helth Organization appears on the handle of the reflex hammer: http://www.paho.org/
Date on back of poster, 2004, reflects when the vendor received the copy later acquired by the UCLA Library.

Physical Description

Condition note

Additional poster text: Every patient has the right to the best available health care, regardless of health condition, race, age, sexual orientation or socioeconomic status.

Keywords

Genre

posters

Location

United Nations

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Ribbons
Discrimination
Health care personnel
Oceans
Medical equipment & supplies
AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects