American National Biography
- ISBN-10
- 0195127897
- ISBN-13
- 9780195127898
- Series
- American National Biography
- Category
- United States
- Pages
- 24
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Authors
- John Arthur Garraty, Mark Christopher Carnes
Description
"AIDS has made a huge impact on our society medically, socially, politically, legally, and psychologically. Sarah Watstein encapsulates this interdisciplinary issue into approximately 4,000 terms and explains them objectively, clearly, and readably for high school students, adults, and medical professionals. The terms include related diseases such as Kaposi's Sarcoma, treatments such as interleukin, jargon-"no code"- and slang-"bareback sex." The appendixes list statistics, toll-free telephone numbers, Web sites, nonprofit and government organizations, clinical trials, databases, and payment assistance programs. Highly recommended for all libraries."--"Outstanding Reference Sources: the 1999 Selection of New Titles," American Libraries, May 1999. Comp. by the Reference Sources Committee, RUSA, ALA.
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