| Description |
1 online resource (xli, 445 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in social medicine |
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Studies in social medicine.
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| 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 |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource (HeinOnline, viewed August 29, 2016) |
| Subject |
Epidemics -- History.
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Jurisprudence.
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AIDS (Disease)
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HIV infections.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects.
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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.
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| Author |
Kirby, M. D. (Michael Donald), 1939- writer of foreword
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EBSCOhost
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| LC no. |
2003016078 |
| ISBN |
080787583X (electronic bk) |
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9780807875834 (electronic bk) |
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9780807828304 (alkaline paper) |
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0807828300 (alkaline paper) |
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