Aids
1st Edition
Greenwood · Print & ebook · May 18, 2011
This comprehensive review examines the biological, medical, social, historical, and political aspects of HIV/AIDS.InAIDS, three Harvard-educated physicians explore the evolution of the HIV epidemic, contextualizing the disease from historical, social, and medical perspectives.
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- Who it’s for
- HIV/AIDS examined through biology, medicine, history, society, and politics, with attention to its global effects.
- Genres
- HIV & AIDS, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases
- Published
- Greenwood, May 18, 2011
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This comprehensive review examines the biological, medical, social, historical, and political aspects of HIV/AIDS.InAIDS, three Harvard-educated physicians explore the evolution of the HIV epidemic, contextualizing the disease from historical, social, and medical perspectives. Addressing the last 25 years, the book examines basic biological principles, including what a virus is, how the human immune system works, and how HIV impairs these functions.
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It presents an in-depth discussion of the HIV life cycle, explores central issues pertaining to diagnosis and treatment, and sheds light on how the treatment was developed and implemented. The book also reviews global epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and principles of transmission, as well as what comprises an epidemic and the factors that determine whether an infectious outbreak will propagate or die out. Finally, it looks at where HIV came from; early reactions to the disease and the social stigma it engendered; the cultural impact of HIV-positive role models; and the global economic, population, and political effects of this illness.
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HIV/AIDS examined through biology, medicine, history, society, and politics, with attention to its global effects.
Come here for
- How HIV affects the immune system and completes its life cycle
- Diagnosis, treatment development, transmission, and global epidemiology
Expect
- Discussion of HIV’s origins, stigma, and cultural impact
- The epidemic’s economic, population, and political effects
Where it sits
| HIV & AIDS | 58% |
|---|---|
| Epidemiology | 41% |
| Infectious Diseases | 38% |
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Publisher categories
- Health & Wellness
- HIV & AIDS
- Authors
- Sigall K. Bell, Kevin J. Selby, Courtney McMickens
- Publisher
- Greenwood
- Published
- May 18, 2011
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Health & Wellness