AIDS--today, tomorrow : an introduction to the HIV epidemic in America / Robert Searles Walker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Walker, Robert Searles, 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--United States.

AIDS (Disease).

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--epidemiology.

United States--epidemiology.

United States.

Medical Subjects:

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--epidemiology.

United States--epidemiology.

Physical Description:

xi, 187 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Atlantic Highlands, N.J. : Humanities Press International, 1991.

Summary:

Walker uses the HIV virus, its characteristics and our perceptions of it as the foundation for his morally neutral analysis of the AIDS epidemic. He sees the character of the epidemic as a function of the virus, thus integrating politics, economics, avoidance and scientific research with the biology of HIV. He presents his personal experience with AIDS patients and deals with the linguistic usages and metaphors applied to AIDS and their consequent policy significance; the impact of the epidemic on those engaged in researching cures and treatments; behavioural impact on individuals seeking to avoid AIDS; avoidance strategy and risk assessment; and economic and political impacts through the Ryan White Act of 1990. Of particular interest is the historical-epidemiological comparison of the bubonic plague and the AIDS epidemic. ISBN 0-391-03719-6 : $29.95.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 174-176) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Walker, Robert Searles, 1930- AIDS--today, tomorrow.

ISBN:

0391037196

9780391037199

0391037129

9780391037120

OCLC:

23144592