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The AIDS Crisis A Documentary History
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Douglas A. Feldman, Julia Wang Miller
ISBN: 0-313-28715-5
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28715-2
312 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/1998
List Price: $65.00 (UK Sterling Price: £44.95)
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Media Type: Hardcover
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Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: AIDS has grown in just two decades from a rare disease to one that has already killed millions of men, women, and children worldwide. To help high school and college students understand the history and current status of AIDS as a social, political, psychological, public health, and cultural phenomenon, this documentary history provides 228 short and highly readable selections from primary and secondary sources of information about AIDS and HIV. Its scope covers the entire history of the epidemic from its beginnings to early 1997. The documents, many of which cannot easily be found elsewhere, will help the reader to understand and debate the many perspectives and points of view on this controversial topic.

Douglas A. Feldman, one of the country's leading specialists in international and domestic AIDS social research, and Julia Wang Miller, a research consultant, have selected documents and provided explanatory introductions to them to help readers gain a deeper understanding of the sociocultural ramifications of AIDS. Following a narrative historical overview of the AIDS crisis, the work is organized into nine topical chapters: the history of HIV/AIDS; the impact of the epidemic in the United States and globally; HIV/AIDS within communities and populations; AIDS in the developing world; the human side of AIDS; the politics of AIDS; education and behavioral change; legal and ethical issues; and the future of AIDS. Each chapter contains an introductory narrative overview of the topic, brief explanatory introduction to each document, and list of suggested readings. A glossary of terms and an AIDS resource directory of organizations to contact for further information complete the work. This important documentary history belongs on the shelves of every public school and college and university library.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction:the AIDS Crisis
    The History of HIV/AIDS
    The Origins of HIV/AIDS
    An Epidemic Emerges
    The Shaping of Public Opinion
    Suggested Readings
    The Impact of the Epidemic
    The Situation in the United States
    The Global Crisis
    The Epidemic Takes Its Toll
    Suggested Readings
    HIV/AIDS Within Communities and Populations
    The Teenager
    Women
    Children
    Injecting Drug Users
    The Gay Community
    Commercial Sex Workers
    The Homeless
    Correctional Facilities
    Persons with Hemophilia
    Suggested Readings
    AIDS in the Developing World
    The African Pandemic
    The Growing Crisis in Asia
    AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean
    Suggested Readings
    The Human Side of AIDS
    The Many Faces of AIDS
    Psychosocial Needs of Persons With AIDS
    The Role of Families, Partners and Friends
    The Role of Health Care Providers and Caregivers
    Suggested Readings
    The Politics of AIDS
    Community Responses to the Crisis
    Political Apathy
    Political Activism
    Suggested Readings
    Education and Behavioral Change
    Promoting Awareness and Education
    Producing Behavioral Change
    Suggested Readings
    Legal and Ethical Issues
    AIDS, the Workplace, and the Law
    Ethics and AIDS Policy
    Suggested Readings
    The Future of AIDS
    Suggested Readings
    Glossary
    AIDS Resource Directory
    Index
About the Author: DOUGLAS A. FELDMAN is a medical and applied anthropologist, a specialist in international and domestic AIDS social research since 1982, and the President of D.A. Feldman & Associates, a health research organization based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is a Research Associate Professor, University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Feldman is the editor of Global AIDS Policy (Bergin & Garvey, 1994), Culture and AIDS (Praeger, 1990), and co-editor (with Thomas M. Johnson) of The Social Dimensions of AIDS: Method and Theory (Praeger, 1986), and has written many articles on anthropological research on AIDS. He received the prestigious Kimball Award in 1996 for his contributions in advancing the anthropology of AIDS, and is currently conducting funded AIDS social research in South Florida and Central Africa.

JULIA WANG MILLER is a sociologist who has worked extensively in public health on the AIDS issue.
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