The AIDS pandemic impact on science and society

• Other Authors: Mayer, Kenneth H. (Editor), Pizer, Hank (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Boston Elsevier Academic Press 2005
• Subjects: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Social Medicine > methods
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• Physical Description: xxi, 537 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9780124652712; 0124652719

The AIDS Pandemic explores the ways in which HIV/AIDS has, and continues to transform the wide range of related disciplines it touches. Novel perspectives are provided by a unique panel of internationally recognised experts who cover the unprecedented impact onf AIDS on culture, demographics and politics around the world, including how it affected the worlds' economy, health sciences, epidemiology and public health. This important far- reaching analysis uses the lessons learned from a wide array of disciplines to help us understand the current status and evolution of the pandemic, as it continues to evolve