The AIDS pandemic : impact on science and society
The AIDS Pandemic explores the ways in which HIV/AIDS has, and continues to transform the wide range of related disciplines it touches. Novel perspectives are provided by a unique panel of internationally recognised experts who cover the unprecedented impact onf AIDS on culture, demographics and politics around the world, including how it affected the worlds' economy, health sciences, epidemiology and public health. This important far- reaching analysis uses the lessons learned from a wide array of disciplines to help us understand the current status and evolution of the pandemic, as it continues to evolve. * Unique and timely presentation of new theories and perspectives * Concentrates on the changes that have taken place in a broad array of related disciplines * Provides key contextual information, for those new to the field or at interface areas between disciplines * Includes an international focus on evolving African and Asian experiences * Focuses on the current strategies for developing vaccines and microbicides * Outlines harm reduction and prevention programs * Explores issues related to delivery of life-saving AIDS medications in resource-constrained environments
Internet Resources
1 online resource (xxi, 537 pages) : illustrations
9781423742470, 9780124652712, 9780080475806, 9781281008244, 9786611008246, 1423742478, 0124652719, 0080475809, 1281008249, 6611008241
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Virology / Phyllis J. Kanki and Myron E. Essex
Immunology in the era of HIV/AIDS / Deborah J. Anderson
Quantitative science / James D. Neaton
The public health response to HIV/AIDS : what have we learned? / Mitchell H. Katz
AIDS and sexually transmitted disease prevention and control / Jeffrey D. Klausner
HIV treatment meets prevention : antiretroviral therapy as prophylaxis / Myron S. Cohen and Mina C. Hosseinipour
Challenges in developing HIV vaccines / Laurence Peiperi and Susan Buchbinder
Microbicides / Polly F. Harrison and Trisha L. Lamphear
AIDS behavioral prevention : unprecedented progress and emerging challenges / Willo Pequegnat
The evolution of comprehensive AIDS clinical care / Kenneth H. Mayer and Sreekanth K. Chaguturu
The ever-changing face of AIDS : implications for patient care / Jennifer Furin, David Walton and Paul Farmer
Economics / Samuel A. Bozzette
Expanding global access to ARVs : the challenges of prices and patents / Michael R. Reich and Priya Bery
The African experience / Salim S. Abdool Karim
Asia : health meets human rights / Chris Beyrer, N. Kumarasamy and H.F. Pizer
How HIV/AIDS changed gay life in America : and what others can learn from our experience / John-Manuel Andriote
Drug use / Patricia Case and Steffanie A. Strathdee
Management of HIV/AIDS in correctional settings / Frederick L. Altice and Sandra A. Springer
Medical ethics and the law / Zita Lazzarini and Jonathan E. Von Kohorn
English
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