Important medical issues routinely intersect with pressing social concerns. The essays in this book deal with a broad range of issues, including economic policy, HIV/AIDS, NGOs, terrorism, ethics, and the sterilization of needles. The authors have written with a spirit of cautious optimism that reflects their belief that cures and solutions are related to the identification of problems, and the advancement of hopeful solutions. The themes covered are of global interest, reflections of common human concerns that echo across the earths continents. What happens in South Asia...

The Guide to AIDS is succinct review of HIV/AIDS from a human-interest perspective. Chapters focus on some of the common patterns and prevention of HIV transmission and debunks misconceptions about HIV and AIDS. Brief descriptions the human immune system and epidemiology of HIV are included. The cultural component of disease, treatment and living with AIDS is central to much of this guide intended to synthesize, explain and de-mystify HIV and AIDS.

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Provides a simplified brief review of HIV and the disease it causes - AIDS
Debunks myths associated with HIV transmision...