Undertakers Unit Warns of AIDS
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Title
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Undertakers Unit Warns of AIDS
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Description
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A short New York Times article about the New York State Funeral Directors Association formalizing their policy toward the separate treatment of those killed by AIDS. New York City funeral homes regularly refused to take in the bodies of AIDS victims throughout the early 1980s, furthering AIDS phobia even after death. This article is short and placed at the bottom right corner of the paper's 27th page.
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Creator
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New York Times
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Publisher
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New York Times
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Date
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June 18, 1983
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Type
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Newspaper article
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Format
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PNG Image, 793 KB
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Language
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English
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Place
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New York City
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Temporal Coverage
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1983
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Rights Holder
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New York Times
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Rights
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Copyright held by New York Times
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transcription
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The New York State Funeral Directors Association, the state's largest such group, urged its members yesterday not to embalm victims of AIDS until the government issues guidelines for safe handling of such cases.
Governor Cuomo characterized the action as ''unfortunate.'' He said he had asked state officials to investigate all legal remedies ''to insure that the civil rights and human dignities of AIDS victims' families are not compromised.''
Peter Slocum, a spokesman for the State Department of Health, said funeral directors had previously been advised to handle the bodies of victims of AIDS - acquired immune deficiency syndrome - with the same precautions they employ in dealing with victims of such communicable diseases as hepatitis B.
