AIDS
Subtitle: opposing viewpoints
By: Tamara L. Roleff, book editor.
Contributors: Roleff, Tamara L., 1959-
Series: Opposing viewpoints series; Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Publisher: Greenhaven Press; Thomson/Gale
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Farmington Hills, MI; San Diego [Calif.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: AIDS (Disease) -- Public opinion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-214) and index.
Table of contents: title: The; title: American AIDS epidemic is still a concern -- Regina Aragón, [et al.] -- The; title: extent of the American AIDS epidemic is exaggerated -- Michael Fumento -- The; title: global AIDS epidemic is a serious problem -- Ian Murray -- The; title: African AIDS epidemic is exaggerated -- Tom Bethell; title: Access to cheap drugs can slow the AIDS epidemic in Africa -- Chatinkha C. Nkhoma; title: Prevention, not cheap drugs, can eradicate AIDS in Africa -- Robert Baker; title: Wealthy countries should help developing countries acquire AIDS drugs -- Rachel Cohen; title: Africa needs better infrastructure, not drugs, to fight AIDS -- José M. Zuniga; title: States should be required to report the names of people with HIV -- Centers for desease control and prevention; title: Names reporting of HIV infection deters testing -- San Francisco AIDS foundation; title: Partner notification of HIV status should be mandatory -- William B. Kaliher; title: Partner notification of HIV status should not be mandatory -- American civil liberties union; title: Voluntary HIV tests should be routine for pregnant women -- Marie McCormick; title: HIV testing should be mandatory for newborns -- Wesley J. Smith; title: Needle exchange programs can control the spread of AIDS -- Peter Lurie, Pamela DeCarlo; title: Needle exchange programs will not control the spread of AIDS -- Robert L. Maginnis; title: Condoms are effective at reducing the spread of AIDS -- Willard Cates Jr.; title: Condoms do not protect against HIV -- Orestes Monzon -- An; title: AIDS vaccine is needed to end the epidemic -- Bill Snow -- An; title: AIDS vaccine is not needed to end the epidemic -- Charles Krauthammer; title: Sex education that includes abstinence will reduce the spread of AIDS -- AIDS action; title: Prevention is the best way to control the spread of AIDS -- Peter Lamptey, Willard Cates Jr. -- The; title: assumption that HIV causes AIDS hinders treatement -- Kary B. Mullis; title: HIV is the cause of AIDS -- Lyn R. Frumkin, John M. Leonard; title: AIDS cannot be cured -- Mike Barr -- The; title: search for an AIDS cure must continue -- Mark Schoofs; title: AIDS drugs can prolong lives -- Rugh Larson; title: AIDS drugs are deadly -- Celia Farber; title: AZT reduces the risk of transmitting HIV from mother to child -- National institute of allergy and infectkous diseases; title: Pregnant women and newborns should not be treated with AZT-- Susan Gerhard.