| Description |
xvii, 388 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"First published ... in 1985 as Understanding AIDS. This edition is a completely revised, expanded, and updated version of the original publication"--Verso t.p. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [346]-369. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Facts and fallacies: An AIDS overview / Victor Gong -- Assembling the AIDS puzzle: epidemiology / Keewhan Choi -- Causes of AIDS: etiology / Edward S. Johnson & Jeffrey Vieira -- The immunology of AIDS / Helen L. Grierson -- Signs and symptoms of AIDS / Victor Gong -- Infections of AIDS / Helen L. Grierson [et al.] -- Cancers and blood disorders of AIDS / Michael Scoppetuolo -- Children with AIDS and the public risk / Arye Rubinstein -- AIDS and the blood supply / Robert L. Hirsch -- The Haitian link / Jeffrey Vieira -- AIDS in prisons / Isabel C. Guerrero & Alan C. Koenigsfest -- Ethical issues in AIDS / Thomas H. Murray & Gretchen M. Aumann -- The public health response / Mervyn F. Silverman -- Economic costs of AIDS / Peter S. Arno & Philip R. Lee -- Public health and the gay perspective: creating a basis for trust / Jeffrey Levi -- Legal aspects of AIDS / Abby R. Rubenfeld -- Prospects for AIDS therapy and vaccine / Leonard Scarpinato & Leonard H. Calabrese -- Caring for the AIDS patient / Mary C. Plante -- Preventing AIDS / John W. Sensakovic & Benjamin Greer -- |
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Psychological and social issues of AIDS and strategies for survival / Virginia Lehman & Noreen Russell -- AIDS and mental health / James W. Dilley & Peter B. Goldblum -- Spiritual and religious issues of AIDS / William A. Doubleday -- Death, dying, and AIDS / William A. Doubleday -- Questions and answers about AIDS / Victor Gong & Daniel Shindler -- Health resources, hotlines, and referral centers / Victor Gong. |
| Subject |
AIDS (Disease)
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.
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| Added Author |
Gong, Victor, 1956-
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Rudnick, Norman.
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| Added Title |
Understanding AIDS.
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| ISBN |
0813512018 |
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0813512026 (paperback) |
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