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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
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
Drug injecting & HIV infection Drug injecting & HIV infection Gerry V. Stimson,Don C. Des Jarlais,Andrew Ball This is a comparative international study of drug injecting behaviour and HIV infection based on the World Health Organization's study of 13 cities as disparate as Athens, Bangkok, Glasgow and Rio de… OL16955255W
Punishing Disease Punishing Disease Trevor Hoppe From the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment. Calls to punish people living with HIV—mostly stigmatized minorities—began before doctors had even settled on a name for the di… OL20218841W
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
Ethics in HIV-related psychotherapy Ethics in HIV-related psychotherapy Robert L. Barret A practical decision-making model for clinicians with ethical, moral and legal dilemmas with HIV positive patients. It discusses the risk of legal malpractice, and offers guidance on reducing this ri… OL20750549W
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
Mountains Beyond Mountains Mountains Beyond Mountains Tracy Kidder At the center of Mountains Beyond Mountains stands Paul Farmer. Doctor, Harvard professor, renowned infectious-disease specialist, anthropologist, the recipient of a MacArthur "genius" grant, world-c… OL98216W