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Some Public Health Policies Arising from AIDS

AIDS & Public Policy Journal 3, no. 3 (1988): 1-3
Edward N. Brandt, Jr.

My purpose is to discuss some of the major policy issues that face society as a result of the AIDS epidemic. AIDS has opened a number of questions about the general approach to infectious disease control from the standpoints of public health, health care, and social policy. There are five major policy issues that must be faced; these are research, testing, education, health care, and confidential and discrimination. Although each will be discussed separately, it should be clear that there is much overlap. For example, health care issues will be influenced by decisions about testing as well as confidentiality and discrimination. My goal is to present the various arguments with respect to each of these issues, although I do have views about each.
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