He died in my arms

Jane Bruton was ward sister of the first purpose-built AIDS ward in the UK and has played an influential role in HIV nursing over the last four decades. She worked in Uganda and St Helena and taught nurses in Eastern Europe. Since retirement she continues to be involved in promoting awareness of HIV in nursing. Sian Edwards has worked as a nurse in HIV care for over thirty years. Her experience includes both HIV clinical nursing and educational roles in the UK, Australia and Zambia. She is currently the manager of the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre Health Program in Melbourne, Australia.Martin Jones worked as a nurse in HIV care from 1986 to 2025, in Cambridge and East Sussex. He has also worked in South Africa. He has written and blogged for Nursing Times and has several publications in peer-reviewed journals. He retired from HIV nursing in 2025.

• Introduction1 ‘Managed hysteria’: HIV nursing in the years before effective treatment2 ‘Layers of injustice’: HIV nursing in the face of stigma3 ‘It was revolutionary’: how HIV changed nursing and midwifery4 ‘He died in my arms’: a new approach to death and dying5 ‘Could be your brother, could be your friend’: the impact on HIV nurses and midwives6 ‘They don't teach that in nursing school’: supporting and educating HIV nurses and midwivesAfterwordIndex