AIDS
By: Katherine Macfarlane, book editor
Series: Perspectives on diseases and disorders
Publisher: Greenhaven Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780737738681
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index.
Table of contents: title: ch. 1.; title: Understanding AIDS -- -- 1.; title: AIDS : an overview of the disease  -- Rebecca J. Frey -- and -- Teresa G. Odle -- 2.; title: Current drug therapies for AIDS  -- ehealthMD -- 3.; title: Progress on an AIDS vaccine  -- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases -- 4.; title: AIDS : past, present, and future  -- Susan S. Hunter -- 5.; title: AIDS in the developing world -- Charlie Furniss; title: ch. 2.; title: Issues concerning AIDS -- -- 1.; title: The developed world has a moral obligation to fight AIDS in the developing world  -- Diane Taylor -- 2.; title: The developed world must fight AIDS to protect global security  -- Stephan Faris -- 3.; title: Herpes and poverty are responsible for the AIDS epidemic in Africa  -- Emily Oster -- 4.; title: Cultural traditions of sexual behavior are responsible for the AIDS epidemic in Africa  -- Mike Crawley -- 5.; title: Antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) will curb the African AIDS epidemic  -- Peter Gyves -- 6.; title: Drug companies are responsible for a lack of AIDS treatment in the developing world  -- Daniel Pepper -- 7.; title: Mandatory HIV testing in the United States will curb AIDS  -- Bernadine Healy -- 8.; title: Mandatory HIV testing in the United States is too expensive -- Sherry Boschert.; title: ch. 3.; title: Personal narratives on AIDS -- -- 1.; title: A young African woman reports on AIDS in her lifetime  -- Suzanne Engo -- 2.; title: A young woman learns she is HIV-positive  -- Michelle Towner -- 3.; title: An American wife and mother copes with AIDS -- Nell Casey.