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AIDS and the law : a guide for the public
Title
AIDS and the law : a guide for the public / edited by Harlon L. Dalton, Scott Burris, and the Yale AIDS Law Project.
ISBN
9780300040784
0300040784
9780300040777
0300040776
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, c1987.
Physical Description
xvii, 382 pages ; 24 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 01, 1988
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-372) and index.
Contents
A little law for non-lawyers / Scott Burris
Part I. The medical background
The AIDS epidemic : discovery of a new disease / June E. Osborn
The transmission of AIDS / Richard Green
A historical perspective / Allan M. Brandt
Part II. Government responses to AIDS
Traditional public health strategies / Larry Gostin
Schoolchildren with AIDS / Frederic C. Kass
Prostitution as a public health issue / John F. Decker
Education as prevention / Jane Harris Ailen
Part III. Private sector responses to AIDS
AIDS in the workplace / Arthur S. Leonard
Screening workers for AIDS / Mark A. Rothstein
Housing issues / Daniel R. Mandelker
Torts : private lawsuits about AIDS / Donald H.J. Hermann
Part IV. AIDS and health care
The right to medical treatment / Taunya Lovell Banks
Insurance / Mark Scherzer
Doctors and patients : responsibilities in a confidential relationship / Richard Belitsky, Robert A. Solomon
Physicians versus lawyers : a conflict of cultures / Daniel M. Fox
Part V. AIDS in institutions
The military / Rhonda R. Rivera
Prisons / Urvashi Vaid
Part VI. Confronting AIDS : the problems of special groups
Intravenous drug abusers / Catherine O'Neill
The Black community / Wayne L. Greaves
The lesbian and gay community / Mark S. Senak.
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