AIDS and the policy struggle in the United States / Patricia D. Siplon.

With an initial chapter that clearly follows the tangled historical string from the first realizations of a medical emergency to today's overwhelming worldwide epidemical crisis, the author goes on to look at how medical treatments for AIDS have changed and grown; how blood policies were formed...

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Main Author: Siplon, Patricia D.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, [2002]
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Summary:With an initial chapter that clearly follows the tangled historical string from the first realizations of a medical emergency to today's overwhelming worldwide epidemical crisis, the author goes on to look at how medical treatments for AIDS have changed and grown; how blood policies were formed; how value-based debates raged and continue to rage over prevention; how communities developed to first respond to the crisis, and later organized to fight for health care; and finally{14}now that AIDS is recognized for the global crisis it is{14}how foreign policy is being shaped.
Item Description:Notes: p. [141]-154.
Includes index.
Physical Description:xii, 162 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-154) and index.
ISBN:0878403787
9780878403783
0878403779
9780878403776