Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Risky rhetoric Risky rhetoric J. Blake Scott xii, 281 p. : 24 cm OL13605755W
Securing our future Securing our future United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa. Across Africa, people dying prematurely from AIDS continues to pose serious challenges to the ability of African States to maintain efficient public institutions and deliver sound policies and promot… OL15028494W
Object matters Object matters Nicole Vitellone "During the mid-1980s the object of the condom became associated with the prevention of HIV/AIDS. In this book Nicole Vitellone investigates the consequences of this shift in the object's meaning." "… OL15881247W
AIDS AIDS Sigall K. Bell "This comprehensive review examines the biological, medical, social, historical, and political aspects of HIV/AIDS"-- OL16001999W
HIV screening and access to care HIV screening and access to care Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on HIV Screening and Access to Care "With the widespread use of highly active anti-retroviral treatment (HAART), HIV has become a chronic, rather than a fatal, disease. But for their treatment to succeed, patients require uninterrupted… OL16153087W
Tinderbox Tinderbox Craig Timberg In this groundbreaking narrative, longtime Washington Post journalist Craig Timberg and award-winning AIDS researcher Daniel Halperin tell the surprising story of how western colonial powers unwittin… OL16176732W
The origins of AIDS The origins of AIDS Jacques Pepin "This compelling new account traces the origins and development of the most dramatic and destructive disease epidemic of modern times. Jacques Pepin looks back to the early twentieth-century events i… OL16307808W
Rethinking HIV priorities Rethinking HIV priorities Bjørn Lomborg "Thirty years after the identification of the disease that became known as AIDS, humanitarian organizations warn that the fight against HIV/AIDS has slowed, amid a funding shortfall and donor fatigue… OL16672631W
Dental management of patients with HIV Dental management of patients with HIV Michael Glick The AIDS epidemic is affecting dentistry in numerous and unanticipated ways. To recognize the epidemic's challenges and consequences, dental professionals must now fully comprehend the dental/medical… OL20501234W
AIDS and the lung AIDS and the lung Robert F. Miller This book is designed to cover a broad outline of the epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation and treatment of infection with HIV-1 with special reference to the lung. It is not intended pr… OL20717063W
Gender equality, HIV, and AIDS Gender equality, HIV, and AIDS Sheila Aikman,Tania Boler,Elaine Unterhalter "The feminization of HIV epidemics has been steadily increasing worldwide. In sub-Saharan Africa, 75 per cent of young people infected are women and girls. Gender disparities in education contribute … OL24434323W
The origin, persistence, and failings of HIV/AIDS theory The origin, persistence, and failings of HIV/AIDS theory Henry H. Bauer "This work challenges the belief that HIV is the cause of AIDS. Among the many topics explored are the failings of HIV testing, statistical evidence that HIV is not a sexually transmitted disease, an… OL4092032W