1980 The Emergence of HIV

Dr. Arthur Noble is a brilliant first-year medical resident in San Francisco, who has a stellar career ahead of him. However, all of Noble's skills are put to the test when he encounters a strange new illness. The ailment seemingly appears out of nowhere, and serves its victims a most horrible and brutal death.Noble struggles to find answers to the medical mystery, even as many researchers and society refuse to believe it is a serious threat, or that it even exists.1980 is an authentic medical story about a disease that will eventually have an unimaginable impact on the entire world.

Award-winning author, David Cornish, MD, FACP, AGAF, is a gastroenterologist with the nation's largest medical group, The Permanente Medical Group. He lives with his family and practices medicine in California's Great Central Valley. He is both Chief of Medicine Emeritus, and Chief of Gastroenterology Emeritus. Dr. Cornish's other books include the novel 1918: The Great Pandemic, and non-fiction books Evidence in Service: An Evidence-Based Literature Review of Service and Satisfaction in Health Care, and Essential 20: Twenty Components of an Excellent Health Care Team. Davidcornishbooks.com