HIV AIDS

by John E. Glass Ph.D., Kathy Stolley

Overview

The history, symptoms, prevention, and current issues surrounding HIV and AIDS are discussed, along with a focus on special populations struggling with the disease.

Once thought to be a disease of homosexuals and drug abusers, AIDS has now impacted people across cultures, genders, and sexual orientations. Despite activism, new research, and treatments, many people are still dying from this disease. HIV/AIDS offers a comprehensive, one-volume resource that traces the history of the disease, and discusses prevention, along with current research and treatment. It examines issues such as care giving, health care settings, human rights, pregnancy, and insurance.

The incidence and prognosis for the disease among special populations, as well as their needs and struggles, are covered in detail. These groups include: drug and alcohol abusers, the gay and lesbian community, minority communities, pediatric patients, prisoners, senior citizens, and women. With education the key to both prevention and care of those infected, this volume is an invaluable resource for students and general readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313344213
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/25/2009
Series:	Health and Medical Issues Today
Pages:	241
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Kathy S. Stolley is an assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk, VA. She is the author of Greenwood Press book The Basics of Sociology (2005) and of The Praeger Handbook of Adoption (2006).

John E. Glass is a professor of sociology at Collin County Community College, Frisco, TX.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Introduction
Part I: Overview
1 Overview of HIV and AIDS
2 HIV/AIDS Prevalence
3 Medical Research on HIV/AIDS
4 Prevention, Education, and Testing
Part II: Issues Surrounding HIV/AIDS
5 Social Perceptions of HIV/AIDS
6 Social Action on HIV/AIDS
7 Policy Responses to HIV/AIDS
8 Human Rights and HIV/AIDS
9 Popular Culture and HIV/AIDS
10 Pediatric HIV/AIDS
11 HIV/AIDS among Adolescents and Young Adults
12 HIV/AIDS and Older Adults
13 Racial/Ethnic Inequality and HIV/AIDS
14 The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (GLBT) Community and HIV/AIDS
15 Drug Users and HIV/AIDS
16 Prisons and HIV/AIDS
Part III: Further Information
A HIV/AIDS Timeline: A Chronology of Significant Events
B Primary Documents
C Directory of Organizations
Glossary
Further Reading
Index

Editorial Reviews

Stolley (sociology and women's and gender studies, Virginia Wesleyan College, Norfolk) and Glass (sociology, Collin County Community College, Texas) contribute a volume on the retroviral disease to the series providing general readers and non-specialist students a basic foundation in topics and issues in medicine and health. After summarizing the current medical, epidemiological, and public health perspectives on HIV/AIDS, they discuss such issues as policy responses popular culture, adolescents and young adults, drug users, and prisons. A chronology appears in a final section along with texts of some primary documents and a directory of organizations.” —SciTech Book News

“While tomes on HIV/AIDS abound, what sets this one apart is its clear and very accessible language. HIV/AIDS is appropriate and highly recommended for public libraries and undergraduate academic collections.” —ARBAonline

“This volume is suitable for students and general readers who need a basic understanding of HIV/AIDS. . . Recommended. First-year undergraduate students and laypersons.” —Choice

“Students will find the comprehensive coverage of HIV/AIDS extremely useful for research or for understanding the issue beyond the introductory level. In addition to the standard information one would expect, the text offers interesting surprises, such as the chapter devoted to HIV/AIDS as it is presented in popular culture and a study of urban myths and their ability to skew society's perception of the disease. . . . This definitive guide for one of the most controversial medical issues of today and its extensive reference section will encourage further reading and research.” —VOYA

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