Confronting AIDS:

Directions for Public Health, Health Care, and Research

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Size: 374 pages, 6 x 9

Publication Year:1986

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Committee on a National Strategy for AIDS,
Institute of Medicine,
National Academy of Sciences
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This volume examines the complex medical, social, ethical, financial, and scientific problems arising from the AIDS epidemic and offers dozens of public policy and research recommendations for an appropriate national response to this dread disease.
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Front Matter	i-xviii
Abstract	1-4	(skim)
1. Confronting AIDS: Summary and Recommendations	5-36	(skim)
2. Understanding of the Disease and Dimensions of the Epidemic	37-84	(skim)
3. The Future Course of the Epidemic and Available National Resources	85-94	(skim)
4. Opportunities for Altering the Course of the Epidemic	95-138	(skim)
5. Care of Persons Infected with HIV	139-176	(skim)
6. Future Research Needs	177-260	(skim)
7. International Aspects of AIDS and HIV Infection	261-278	(skim)
Appendix A. Clinical Manifestations of HIV Infection	279-303	(skim)
Appendix B. Serologic and Virologic Testing	304-308	(skim)
Appendix C. Risk of HIV Transmission from Blood Transfusion	309-313	(skim)
Appendix D. U.S. Public and Private Sector Resources for Fighting AIDS	314-315	(skim)
Appendix E. The Centers for Disease Control	316-319	(skim)
Appendix F. CDC Classification System for HIV Infections	320-325	(skim)
Appendix G. PHS Plan for Prevention and Control of AIDS and the AIDS Virus	326-333	(skim)
Appendix H. List of Background Papers	334-335	(skim)
Appendix I. List of Presentations at Public Meetings	336-338	(skim)
Appendix J. Acknowledgments	339-342	(skim)
Appendix K. Biographical Notes on Committee Members	343-352	(skim)
Glossary	353-360	(skim)
Index	361-374	(skim)

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This volume examines the complex medical, social, ethical, financial, and scientific problems arising from the AIDS epidemic and offers dozens of public policy and research recommendations for an appropriate national response to this dread disease.