AIDS agenda : emerging issues in civil rights / edited by Nan D. Hunter and William B. Rubenstein.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hunter, Nan D.

Rubenstein, William B.

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Law and legislation--United States.

AIDS (Disease).

AIDS (Disease)--Law and legislation.

United States.

AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects--United States.

AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects.

AIDS (Disease)--Government policy--United States.

AIDS (Disease)--Government policy.

Physical Description:

xv, 301 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : New Press, [1992]

Summary:

As the AIDS crisis moves into its second decade, new populations are suffering its devastating effects, and complex new social and legal issues are emerging. In AIDS Agenda, the directors of the AIDS Project of the ACLU have gathered nine important essays analyzing the legal and social policy failures that have led to widespread discrimination against persons with HIV disease, and have presented concrete recommendations for a more just and effective AIDS policy. With an emphasis on civil rights throughout, the authors address such topics as adolescents with HIV, women with HIV, health insurance and the battle over limits on coverage, the criminalization of HIV infected persons, HIV in the workplace, and the responsibilities of health care providers. AIDS Agenda is not only a useful and moving review of significant cases relating to HIV, AIDS, health care and civil rights, but also represents an urgent response to the government's willful failure to address these issues.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

1565840011

156584002X

OCLC:

26305047