Confronting AIDS : update 1988 / Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Institute of Medicine (U.S.).

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

AIDS (Disease).

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

AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--United States.

AIDS (Disease)--Research--United States.

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

AIDS (Disease)--United States--Prevention.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 239 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1988.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Focuses on the fight against AIDS. This volume also highlights information and events that have given rise to the need for various directions in responding to this disease.

Contents:

1 Front Matter; 2 Executive Summary; 3 1. Introduction; 4 2. HIV Infection and its Epidemiology; 5 3. Understanding the Course of the Epidemic; 6 4. Altering the Course of the Epidemic; 7 5. Care of Persons Infected With HIV; 8 6. The Biology of HIV and Biomedical Research Needs; 9 7. International Aspects of AIDS and HIV Infection; 10 8. A National Commission on HIV Infection and AIDS; 11 Appendix A: Summary and Recommendations from Confronting AIDS: Directions for Public Health, Health Care, and Research; 12 Appendix B: CDC Classification System for HIV Infections and Revised Case Definition for AIDS; 13 Appendix C: Correspondents; 14 Appendix D: Biographical Notes on Committee Members; 15 Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610214907

9781280214905

1280214902

9780309535274

0309535271

9780585168364

0585168369

OCLC:

70772935