The AIDS pandemic : complacency, injustice, and unfulfilled expectations /

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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gostin, Lawrence O. (Lawrence Ogalthorpe) (Autor)
Otros Autores: Kirby, M. D. (Michael Donald), 1939- (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill ; London : The University of North Carolina Press, [2004]
Colección:Studies in social medicine.
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects.
AIDS (Disease) > Government policy.
AIDS (Disease)
HIV infections.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HIV Infections
Disease Outbreaks > history
Jurisprudence
Public Policy
Sida > Aspect social.
Sida > Politique gouvernementale.
Sida.
Infections à VIH.
MEDICAL > AIDS & HIV.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > AIDS & HIV.
HIV infections
AIDS (Disease) > Government policy
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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