Public And Professional Attitudes Toward Aids Patients: A National Dilemma

by David E. Rogers, Eli Ginzberg

Overview

This volume analyzes in considerable depth how fears, prejudices, social and moral values, and individual perceptions have affected and shaped the public, the personal, the professional, and the economic ways in which our society interacts with people suffering from HIV infections.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781000308532
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/11/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	136
File size:	291 KB

About the Author

David E.Rogers

Table of Contents

Introduction -- An Overview -- Patients Beyond the Pale: A Historical View -- AIDS, the Public, and the "NIMBY" Syndrome -- Physicians' Attitudes Toward AIDS -- Nurse Attitudes and AIDS -- Removing Barriers to Health Care for People with HIV-Related Disease: A Matter of Law or Ethics? -- Hospitals in New York City: A System Under Stress -- The Economics of a Caring Approach -- HIV Infection and AIDS: Recommendations to the President-Elect -- A State Policy Perspective -- AIDS: A Long View -- Summation: Better Care for AIDS Patients -- Cornell University Medical College Fifth Conference on Health Policy

Editorial Reviews

These essays, drawn from a Cornell University Medical College Conference on Health Policy, address the effects of social attitudes upon the national response to the AIDS epidemic. They reveal the ways in which public, professional and political fears and prejudices retard the effort to collect information, take preventive action, and provide adequate treatment and support for AIDS patients. The essays also compare AIDS to other historical epidemics, examine national and state policies regarding AIDS, and consider an economics of treatment that is both effective and compassionate. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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