The AIDS pandemic : complacency, injustice, and unfulfilled expectations / Lawrence O. Gostin ; foreword by Michael Kirby.

Author/creator Gostin, Lawrence O.
Format Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxli, 445 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects

SeriesStudies in social medicine
Studies in social medicine. ^A422197
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [327]-432) and indexes.
LCCN 2003016078
ISBN0807828300 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807854972 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks RA643.8 .G675 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold