| Description |
1 online resource (xli, 445 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in social medicine
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Studies in social medicine.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
AIDS policy, politics, and law in context -- The AIDS litigation project: the social impact of AIDS -- The AIDS litigation project: privacy, discrimination, and vulnerable persons -- Human rights and public health in the HIV/AIDS pandemic -- Health informational privacy in the HIV/AIDS epidemic -- Stigma, social risk, and discrimination -- Testing and screening in the HIV/AIDS epidemic: a public health and human rights -- Approach -- National HIV/AIDS reporting -- Piercing the veil of secrecy: partner notification, the right to know, and the -- Duty to warn -- The politics of AIDS: compulsory state powers, public health, and civil liberties -- Testing, counseling, and treatment after sexual assault -- Rights and duties of health care workers living with HIV/AIDS -- Perinatal transmission of HIV: controversies in screening and policy -- The interconnected epidemics of AIDS and drug dependency -- Screening and exclusion of travelers and immigrants -- The global reach of HIV/AIDS: science, politics, economics, and research -- AIDS policy, politics, and law: reflections on the pandemic. |
| Summary |
In this collection of essays, Lawrence O. Gostin confronts the pressing and controversial issues surrounding AIDS in America and around the world. He shows how HIV/AIDS affects the entire US population - infected and uninfected - by influencing its social norms, economy, and the country's role. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects. |
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AIDS (Disease) |
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AIDS (Disease) -- Government policy.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Government policy. |
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. |
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HIV Infections. |
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Disease Outbreaks -- history. |
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Jurisprudence. |
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Public Policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kirby, M. D. (Michael Donald), 1939- writer of foreword.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gostin, Lawrence O. (Lawrence Ogalthorpe). AIDS pandemic. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004 0807828300 0807854972 (DLC) 2003016078 (OCoLC)52720778 |
| ISBN |
080787583X (electronic book) |
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9780807875834 (electronic book) |
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9780807828304 (alkaline paper) |
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0807828300 (alkaline paper) |
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