A series of seventy-four interviews conducted by Ronald Bayer and Gerald Oppenheimer in preparation of a publication on the ways in which the AIDS epidemic affected the careers of medical doctors and was in turn affected by the actions of those doctors. A wide variety of specialists and general practitioners were interviewed on the spread of AIDS and various opportunistic diseases that come in the wake of weakened immune systems. Doctors from major hospitals in population centers such as New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, as well as doctors from less central locations, are among the interviewees. Issues discussed include the differences between pediatricians and obstetricians, reponses to AIDS symptoms, AIDS in a variety of communities and among a wide variety of populations. Many of the interviewees discuss at some length personal responses and changing awareness of the meaning of a career in medicine. Several interviews, and portions of others, are closed for varying lengths of time. Consult the Office on restrictions.

The book was published by Oxford University Press in August 2000 and titled AIDS Doctors: Voices from the Epidemic.