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The impact of AIDS cannot be adequately measured by epidemiology alone. As the editors of this volume argue, AIDS must be understood as a "disease of society," which is challenging and changing society profoundly. Numerous books on AIDS have looked at the ways in which our social institutions, norms and values have determined how the disease has been dealt with, but this book examines the ways in which AIDS is, in turn, changing our social institutions, norms and values. Eleven chapters explore the impact of AIDS on the arts and popular entertainment, the effects of the disease on our concept of family, on government and legal institutions and on the health services, and the ways in which AIDS is forcing society to come to terms with longstanding tensions between community values and individual rights. The authors are drawn from a broad range of disciplines, bringing to the book the insights of sociology, law, public health, philosophy, political science, psychology, journalism and medicine. This book provides the first assessment of the impact of AIDS on American life from such a diverse set of perspectives, and it will be of interest to anyone concerned with the effect of the disease on our society. Earlier versions of some of these articles have appeared in The Milbank Quarterly and have since been substantially revised.
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Eleven chapters explore the impact of AIDS on American life from many perspectives, ranging from the world of entertainment to that of the family. They reveal the ways in which the disease is dramatically altering our social institutions, norms, and values.
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The impact of AIDS cannot be adequately measured by epidemiology alone. As the editors of this volume argue, AIDS must be understood as a 'disease of society' which is challenging and changing society profoundly.
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- PublisherCambridge University Press
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0521407435
- ISBN 13 9780521407434
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages296
- EditorNelkin Dorothy, Willis David P., Parris Scott V.
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