AIDS Crisis In America: A Reference Handbook / Edition 2

by Eric K. Lerner, Mary Ellen Hombs

Overview

This revealing and sobering volume brings the big picture of the HIV/AIDS epidemic into focus.

Virtually every aspect of the AIDS crisis is covered in this 2nd edition of AIDS Crisis in America, from the basic science of AIDS to demographics and public policy issues. Using facts and findings on the crisis in the United States, the authors give an informative and insightful look at the impact of the epidemic on a variety of populations, including homosexuals, drug users, women, children, hemophiliacs, and various ethnic groups.

Other featured topics are AIDS activism, the impact of triple combination therapy, the evolution of public opinion, and HIV/AIDS and the law. The volume concludes with a list of organizations, government agencies, hotlines, and internet resources, as well as other print and nonprint resources. Students and researchers will find everything they need to know about the AIDS crisis in this timely work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781576070703
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	11/23/1998
Series:	Contemporary World Issues
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	323
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.81(d)

About the Author

Eric K. Lerner is a professional jourbanalist who has written about the AIDS epidemic for over fifteen years.

Mary Ellen Hombs is in a senior staff position at the Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance. She is the author of ABC-CLIO's Welfare Reform and American Homelessness.

Editorial Reviews

This revised edition of a volume first published in 1992 covers the history, significance, and future of HIV/AIDS in the US. Includes an introduction to the issues, a chronology, biographical sketches, current facts and statistics, legislation and court cases, and updated resource lists. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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