The AIDS Pandemic: Complacency, Injustice, and Unfulfilled Expectations

The AIDS Pandemic: Complacency, Injustice, and Unfulfilled Expectations
ISBN-10
0807828300
ISBN-13
9780807828304
Series
The AIDS Pandemic
Category
Health & Fitness
Pages
445
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Univ of North Carolina Press
Author
Lawrence Ogalthorpe Gostin

Description

Confronting the toughest issues surrounding AIDS in America, Gostin, an internationally recognized scholar of AIDS law and policy, confronts the most pressing and controversial issues surrounding AIDS in America and around the world.

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