No Excuses Productions, 1124 Hampel, Oakland, CA 94602. 23 minute color video with study guide. Rental: $70.00; purchase: $150.00; public performance fee: $250.00.
Produced, directed, and edited by Paula Mozen with cinematography by Diana Muirhead. 1992.
It is extremely important that today s teenagers receive sex education on a continuous basis and not just a one shot. This excellent video is just the video that schools should be showing on a regular basis along with frank discussions about AIDS and safer sex. It is a short video of 23 minutes packed full of informati
Raven Press, 1185 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10036. 715p., illus., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-88167-881-3. $130.00.
2nd edition, edited by Gary P. Wormser. 1992.
This is a new edition of a 1987 work entitled AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and Other Manifestations of HIV Infection. This treatise-like text provides a comprehensive overview of the biologic properties of the etiologic viral agent, its clinico-pathological manifestations, the epidemiology of its infection
Crestwood House, 866 Third Ave, New York, NY 10022. 48p., illus., index. (The Facts About) ISBN 0-89686-720-X. $11.95.
Mark McCauslin. 1992.
This is one of the best young people s books covering STDs that has appeared in a long time. It is up to date, has excellent illustrations that use all ethnic groups, sexes, and life styles. Each disease is described in terms of being told by a young person who has had or has the disease. STDs covered include gonorrhea
Praeger Publishers, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881. 208p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-275-94411-5. $49.95.
Arnold Birenbaum. 1993.
Although this book is not a specific book on AIDS, it does have an important chapter that covers People with AIDS. Also, health care is on everyone s mind, and many people feel that people with AIDS cost the system too much and should therefore not have the adequate care that they need. The first chapter of the book sa
Auburn House, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881. 251p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-86569-205-X. $49.95. (Contributors to this volume: Vincent J. Lynch, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work; Gary A. Lloyd, Tulane Univ. of School of Social Work; Manuel F. Fimbres, San Jose State Univ.; Susan Taylor-Brown, Syracuse Univ. School of Social Work; Steven Cadwell, private practice; Esther Chachkes, New York Univ. Medical Center; Marsha Zibalese-Crawford, Univ. of Denver Graduate School of Social Work; Cynthia D. Fair, National Cancer Institute; John A. Fleishman, Brown Univ.; Patricia U. Giulino, Massachusetts General Hospital; Steven Godin, East Stroudsburg Univ.; Richard T. Granowsky, National Childrens' Center; Robert H. Hodge, Houston Therapies; Thomas Johnson, Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Karen Kahn, Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Carl G. Leukefeld, Univ. of Kentucky; Vincent Mor, Brown Univ.; John D. Piette, Institute for Health Policy Studies, San Francisco; Jack B. Stein, Center for HIV Substance Abuse Training; Bruce J. Thompson, Brown Univ.; Maureen M. Underwood, Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey; Lori S. Wiener, National Cancer Institute; Paul A. Wilson, Boston College)
Edited by Vincent J. Lynch, Gary A. Lloyd, Manuel F. Fimbres. 1993.
In the United States , social workers comprise the single largest group of mental health professionals providing services to those affected by AIDS and the HIV virus. They are at the front lines in providing services to these individuals at all levels. The first decade was devoted to gays and AIDS, while this second d
Taylor & Francis, 1101 Vermont Ave., NW, Ste 200, Washington, DC 20005-3521. 268p., bibliog., index. (The Series in Clinical and Community Psychology) ISBN 1-56032-038-9. $49.50. (Contributors to this volume: Clinton W. Anderson, American Psychological Assoc.; Robert L. Barret, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte; Roger G. Brown, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte; Kim Buch, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte; Judith Carman, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, NSW, Australia; Louis Diamant, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte; John E. Elliot, Univ. of Kentucky; Ruth E. Fassinger, Univ. of Maryland; John C. Gonsiorek, PhD; Jo Ann Lee, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte; Gary Thomas Long, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte; Richard D. McAnulty, Univ. of North Carolina at Charlotte; Michael H. McGee, JD; J. R. McSpadden, Jr, Saluda Psychology Service Center; Sue Margaret Norton, Univ. of Wisconsin at Parkside; Michael W. Ross, Univ. of New South Wales; Nancy L. Roth, Rutgers Univ.; Ritch C. Savin-Williams, Cornell Univ.; H. Ron Smith, American Psychological Assoc.)
Edited by Louis Diamant. 1993.
Only part 4 of this book relates to AIDS: AIDS in the Workplace. It consists of 3 chapters: Risk Perception and HIV Legal Issues in the Workplace, Human Resources: Policies and Practices, and Mental Health Issues and the Worker with AIDS: The Impact of Work on Psychological Functioning in Men with HIV Disease. AIDS i
Brunner/Mazel, Inc., 19 Union Square Sets, New York, NY 10003. 343p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-87630-688-1. $38.95. (Contributors to this volume, all from the Univ. of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry: Judith Landau-Stanton, Colleen D. Clements, Robert E. Cole, Ann Z. Griepp, Alexander F. Tartaglia, Jackie Nudd, Elisabet Espaillat-Pina, M. Duncan Stanton)
Judith Landau-Stanton, Colleen D. Clements. 1993.
This volume is the story of our personal and professional struggles with HIV infection and its prevention. We attempt to normalize and mainstream HIV disease so that we can look at it as we have looked at other dreaded diseases: tuberculosis , polio, pancreatic or ovarian cancer, Huntington s, malaria, Creutzfeldt-Jak
Brunner/Mazel, Inc., 19 Union Square West, New York, NY 10003. 192p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-87630-717-9. $21.95.
Robert Bor, Riva Miller, Eleanor Goldman. 1993.
This book is a companion to a previous publication by the same authors: AIDS: A Guide to Clinical Counselling (London, Science Press, 1988). A systemic approach is a systems approach where the theories and practices are applied to individuals, couples, families, groups, and people. In this context, the word family deno
The Rubbers Bros. Reading Club, PO Box 431, Wilbraham, MA 01095. ISBN 1-880058-01-4. $3.25 for 4 issues.
This is an entertaining comic and activity book. Each issue builds upon a story about the Rubbers Brothers battle with A-Man (AIDS). The story line is intended for children and exposes the young readers to becoming comfortable with reading, seeing, and understanding what rubbers are. It is non-suggestive other than poi
The Rubbers Bros., PO Box 431, Wilbraham, MA 01095-0431. ISBN 1-880058-86-3. $.75 per issue. (Contributors: Peter Mozeleski, author and publisher; Paul Mozeleski, co-author; Gloria Pinatti, editor)
AIDS has entered our society and has brought to its victims of today all the scorn and shame adultery evoked in the days of Puritan America and Nathaniel Hawthorne s The Scarlet Letter. The time is now to change the scarlet A for AIDS to a clear A for AWARE, and stop this killer. This small newsletter is intended to h
AIDS Prevention Fund, PO Box 431, Wilbraham, MA 01095-0431. Free with donations accepted. (Newsletter)
The AIDS Prevention Fund is a member of The Rubbers Bros. Reading Club and AIDS Education and Prevention Publications, with Paul Mozeleski as President. This is a small newsletter (no.1 is 8 pages) that presents brief news reports concerning AIDS throughout the world. The information is gleaned from a wide variety of p
Taylor & Francis, 1101 Vermont Ave., NW, Ste 200, Washington, DC 20005-3521. 360p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-89116-848-6. $49.50.
Edited by Vincent J. Adesso, Diane M. Reddy, Raymond Fleming. 1994.
This book contains 12 chapters in 6 parts. The 6 parts are: Gender, Health, and Aging, Stress, Coronary Heart Disease, and Cancer, Body Image and Weight Regulation and Drug Use, Menstruation and Pain, Sexuality and Infertility and AIDS, and Directions for Research in Women s Health. Only the two chapters that make up t
Health Alert Press, PO Box 2060, Cambridge, MA 02238-2060. 230p., illus., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-936571-01-2. $24.95.
2nd edition, by Chris Jennings. 1988.
Even though AIDS has been the topic of numerous shows, magazines, books, and lectures, there are countless millions of people who are still ignorant about AIDS facts. Some of this is related to the homophobic mentality of some of these individuals, some is because religious leaders are reluctant to consider it for thei
Guilford Press, 72 Spring St., New York, NY 10012. 192p., illus., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-89862-445-2. $30.00.
Gary W. Shannon, Gerald F. Pyle, Rashid L. Bashshur. 1991.
This is an overview of how AIDS has progressed throughout the world. It does not treat each topic in detail but rather gives the reader a sense of urgency to seek out other material that can cover specific topics in more detail. After discussing AIDS in general terms in the first two chapters, it covers Africa, Europe,
Guilford Press, 72 Spring St., New York, NY 10012. 220p., bibliog., index. (Guilford Substance Abuse Series) ISBN 0-89862-173-9. $25.00. (Contributors to this volume all from the Univ. of California, San Francisco: Steven L. Batki, Joseph A. Catania, Kyung-Hee Choi, Rani Eversley, Patricia Franks, David R. Gibson, Eve Golden, Joseph R. Guydish, Karen Hembry, Julie London, Jane Lovelle-Drache, Eduardo S. Morales, John L. Peterson, Linda E. Rico, Rebecca L. Robbins, James L. Sorensen, Laurie A. Wermuth)
James L. Sorensen, Laurie A. Wermuth, David R. Gibson, Kyung-Hee Choi, Joseph R. Guydish, Steven L. Batki. 1991.
Injection drug users are the second largest group of people to encounter AIDS and is the most frequent source of heterosexual and mother-infant transmission of HIV. This book is basically an account of the excellent research program being conducted by the Substance Abuse Services of the San Francisco General Hospital.
American Foundation for the Blind, 15 W 16th St., New York, NY 10011. 115p., illus., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-89128-167-3. $29.95.
Edwin Kiester, Jr. 1990.
This handbook is a first attempt to synthesize what is known about human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and vision loss and appropriate rehabilitation methods for visually impaired PWAs. It contains chapters discussing the disease profile, who gets AIDS, how AIDS is treated, and the emotional impact of AIDS.
Harrington Park Press/The Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. 290p., index. 290p., index. (Haworth Medical Information Sources). ISBN 1-56024-140-3, 0-918393-99-Xpbk. $29.95, $14.95pbk.
2nd ed., edited by Jeffrey T. Huber. 1992.
This handbook/directory is one of the better guides on locating information pertaining to AIDS. It is very well organized with each chapter covering a particular source of information: Organizational Resources; Health Department; Research Institutions, Grant Funding Sources, Federal Agencies, and Education and Training
Distributed by Women Make Movies, 225 Lafayette St., #207, New York, NY 10012. Color video, time, 29:00. $175.00.
Center for Women's Policy Studies. 1992 (c1990).
This beautiful video is not about AIDS in particular but about how to educate women about AIDS. It is a collection of interviews, snapshots of organizations, and straight talk from various narrators. The how we do something good approach has been put into 29 minutes of beautiful photography, pleasant background music,
New Clarion Press/Paul & Co. Publishers Consortium, PO Box 442, Concord, MA 01742. 164p., illus., index. (Issues in Social Policy). ISBN 1-873797-05-2, 1-873797-04-4pbk. $44.50, $16.95pbk.
Tamsin Wilton. 1992.
The first aim of this book is to provide an accessible introduction to the subject for the non-specialist reader. To this end, the author has done a good job of presenting Basic medical information, an overview of some of the major social issues and a potted history of the epidemic...along with a simple guide to safer
Columbia University Press, 562 W 113th St, New York, NY 10025. 352p., bibliog., index. (Between Men--Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies). ISBN 0-231-07864-1. $29.50. (Contributors to this volume: Emily Apter, Univ. of California, Davis; Peter M. Bowen, Rutgers Univ.; Franklin Brooks, Vanderbilt Univ.; Joseph Cady, Univ. of Rochester Medical School; John Clum, Duke Univ.; Richard Dellamora, Trent Univ., Petersborough, Ontario; Lee Edelman, Tufts Univ.; Sander L. Gilman, Cornell Univ.; Phillip B. Harper, Harvard Univ.; James W. Jones, Central Michigan Univ.; James Miller, Univ. of Western Ontario; Timothy F. Murphy, Univ. of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago; Suzanne Poirier, Univ. of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago; Michael S. Sherry, Northwestern Univ.; Paula A. Treichler, Univ. of Illinois College of Medicine at Urbana)
Edited by Timothy F. Murphy, Suzanne Poirier. 1993.
According to John M. Clum, AIDS is the linkings of sex=disease, homosexuality=disease, promiscuity=disease, and, finally, homosexuality=promiscuity=disease, that enchain people with AIDS and, by association, all gay men. Writing AIDS is an examination of how those equations are being rejected or rewritten in a healing
Rutgers University Press, 109 Church St., New Brunswick, NJ 08901. 393p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-8135-1821-0, 0-8135-1822-9pbk. $45.00, $16.00pbk. (Contributors to this volume: Erik Albaek, Aarhus Univ.; John Ballard, Australian National Univ.; Ronald Bayer, Columbia Univ. School of Public Health; Eric A. Feldman, Univ. of Tokyo Institute of Social Science; Guenter Frankenberg, Fachhochschule in Frankfurt am Main; Benny Henriksson, Swedish Institute for Social Policy; David L. Kirp, Univ. of California at Berkeley; Evert A. Lindquist, Univ. of Toronto; Jonathan M. Mann, Harvard School of Public Health; Jesus M. de Miguel, Univ. of Barcelona; David M. Rayside, Univ. of Toronto; Monika Steffen, National Center of Scientific Research in Grenoble; John Street, Univ. of East Anglia; Albert Weale, Univ. of East Anglia; Jan K. van Wijngaarden, Ministry of Welfare, Health, and Cultural Affairs of the Netherlands; Shohei Yonemoto, Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Science; Hasse Ytterberg, Judge in the district court of Boras)
Edited by David L. Kirp, Ronald Bayer. 1992.
How the industrialized countries reacted to the epidemic, how it was conceptualized, and how different societal elements--governmental and nongovernmental--responded, are of central importance both for understanding the future directions of AIDS policy and for learning lessons of enormous practical value for the next
Asia Resource Center, PO Box 15275, Washington, DC 20003. 120p., illus., bibliog. $12.50.
Mark A. Bonacci. 1992.
The Asia Resource Center (ARC) was founded some 20 years ago to provide educational resources on the peoples and cultures of Asia. It has exposed critical issues that transcend national boundaries including human rights abuses, nuclear disarmament, justice for the poor, rights of women and minorities, and the impact of
NAPWA, 1413 K St, NW, Washington DC 20005. Bi-monthly. Free.
This publication is produced by the National Association of People With (NAPWA) Aids and sponsored by the T2 Medical, Inc. It is bi-monthly and free for the asking. It publishes information about new treatments and drugs as-well-as trials that are ongoing in the medical community. It is intended as an educational docum
Pierian Press, PO Box 1808, Ann Arbor, MI 48106. 106p. (Statistical Perspectives Series, no. 1) ISBN 0-87650-329-6. $15.00.
This publication includes some 1,082 abstracts taken from the A Matter of Fact database covering 1984 through 1992. It used AIDS, HIV, and Kaposi s Sarcoma as the keywords in retrieving the documents. It covers those documents that are easily found and those that are hard to locate including occasional and special rep
Blue Poppy Press, 1775 Linden Ave., Boulder, CO 80304. 282p., index. ISBN 0-936185-28-7. $24.95. (Contributors to this volume: Huang Bing-shan; He Yu-zin; Sun Qian; Ma Dong-xin; Zhang Xiao-wei; Han Yu-shan; Wang Go-en; Zhang Jian; Lu Yan; Brian MacKenna; Cong Zhong; Fu Di; Bob Flaws)
Edited by Huang Bing-shan. 1991.
An alternative medicine book that provides insight into the treatment of HIV positive individuals. It does not claim to cure the patient but to provide a prolonging life, improving quality of life, and alleviating suffering. It utilizes both Chinese herbal medicine and acupuncture/moxibustion to treat such things as lo
Augsburg Fortress, 426 S. 5th St., Box 1209, Minneapolis, MN 55440. 112p., bibliog. (Guides to Pastoral Care) ISBN 0-8066-2507-4. $9.95.
Robert J. Perelli. 1991.
The focus of this book will be on the crisis of AIDS in the male homosexual community. Although this is the focus, the counselling strategies can also be used for other individuals. Perelli makes a point that the church has to have compassion for the gay male even though the Bible and Christian doctrine teach that the
Enslow Publishers, Bloy St. and Ramsey Ave., Box 777, Hillside, NJ 07205. 160p., illus., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-89490-175-3. $18.95.
Alvin Silverstein, Virginia Silverstein. Revised and expanded. 1991.
This is a good book for young people that explains in simple terms what is currently understood about AIDS. It attempts to take the mystery away so that a better understanding is brought forward for the young person reading the book. It discusses such topics as the body s defenses, facts about AIDS, the virus, diagnosi
Julian Messner, Silver Burdett Press, Inc., Simon & Schuster, Prentice Hall Bldg., Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632. 119p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-671-74542-5. $8.95. (Contributor to this volume: Dale C. Garell, Univ. of Southern California School of Medicine)
Mary Kittredge. 1991.
This well-written book for adolescents contains stories of young people who are experiencing the AIDS epidemic firsthand. Some of the stories are very moving and intended to raise an awareness in the minds of those who read it. It is intended to present some very real issues for you to consider about your own behavior
Oxford University Press, 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. 374p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-19-506572-7. $39.95. (Contributors to this volume: Katherine L. Acuff, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Anita L. Allen, Georgetown Univ. Law Center; Judith Areen, Georgetown Univ. Law Center; Ruth R. Faden, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Gail Geller, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Nancy Hutton, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Timothy R.B. Johnson, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Nancy E. Kass, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Patricia A. King, Georgetown Univ. Law Center; John Modlin, Johns Hopkins Univ.; Madison Powers, Kennedy Institute of Ethics; John T. Repke, Johns Hopkins Hospital; Alfred Saah, Johns Hopkins Univ.; LeRoy Walters, Kennedy Institute of Ethics; Lawrence S. Wissow, Johns Hopkins Univ.)
Edited by Ruth R. Faden, Gail Geller, Madison Powers. 1991.
This book speaks to the problems of screening pregnant women and newborns for the HIV virus. It is a complex issue in that it involves a disproportionate number of disadvantaged women and children of color. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the complex medical, public health, legal, ethical, and social issues rai
Human Relations Media, 175 Tompkins Ave., Pleasantville, NY 10570. time, 25:30. Teacher's Guide. 26p. $189.00 for video and guide. (Contributors to this video: Marge Bell, C.A.S.; Carol Chirman, R.N.S.; Robert Klein, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; AIDS Related Community Services; People with AIDS, NY)
Produced by Peter Cochran, Anson Schloat, John Young, Karin Rhines (consultant). 1993.
This is an excellent video that describes the HIV test for antibodies of the virus that causes AIDS. Using computer animation, graphics, interviews, and personal accounts, it explains in plain language the sequence of the different tests, including an initial ELISA or SUDS HIV-1, and a Western Blot. The reasons for bei
Tavistock/Routledge, Routledge, Chapman and Hall, Inc., 29 W. 35th St., New York, NY 10001. 153p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-415-07658-7, 0-415-07659-5pbk. $59.95, $15.95pbk. (Contributors to this volume: Joy Barlow Roulston, Aberlour Child Care Trust in Scotland; Kate Bisset, Edinburgh; Judy Bury, general practice; Ruth Gilfillan, widow and mother; Jennifer Gray, Univ. of Edinburgh; Mary Hepburn, Glasgow Univ.; Netta Maciver, consultant in Madrid; Sheena McLachlan, Edinburgh; Ruth Morgan Thomas, Scottish Prostitutes Education Project; Val Morrison, research psychologist; Edith Springer, social worker in New York; Kate Thomson, Project Manager at Positively Women; Jane Wilson, Muirhouse/Pilton Drug Project in Edinburgh
Edited by Judy Bury, Val Morrison, Sheena McLachlan. 1992.
AIDS as it affects women has only recently had special attention. In the United Kingdom , the Scottish Women and HIV/AIDS Network is the major group that is trying to educate the young women in their teens, since 40% of the AIDS cases among women in the UK are in the 15-29 age group and are the ones most resistant to a
Powder House Publishing, P.O. Box 137, Somerville, MA 02144. 105p., illus. ISBN 0-9634759-0-8. $14.00.
Robert J.L. Publicover. 1992.
Of all the personal accounts that deal with AIDS, this reviewer found this book the most moving. More than once in reading the richly described stories, tears had to be wiped away and the book put down so that the thoughts and images could be enjoyed again and again. Robert, the author, and his partner John had a beaut
University Press of Florida, 15 Northwest 15th St., Gainesville, FL 32611. 55p. (University of Central Florida Contemporary Poetry Series) ISBN 0-8130-1187-6, 0-8130-1188-4pbk. $16.95, $10.95pbk.
Poems by Greg Johnson. 1993.
This small book contains 37 poems by an award-winning poet. Johnson s purpose in the poems was to help give compassion, truth, and a language of survival. The poems cover a wide variety of personal topics that touch on many people s lives: AIDS, aging, suicide, psychological aberration, and violence. His poetry is soot
Aries Rising Press, P.O. Box 29532, Los Angeles, CA 90029. 157p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-917211-26-X. $12.95.
Alan Cantwell, Jr. 1993.
There has long been the story that there is a secret gay genocide with the culprit being a genetically engineered virus. Dr. Cantwell was a disbliever in this idea for quite sometime until he started noticing similarities of certain events, when they happened, and how they happened. Although there is no concrete scient
Twayne Publishers, Macmillan, 866 3rd Ave., New York, NY 10022. 233p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-8057-9029-2, 0-8057-9032-2pbk. $28.95, $12.95pbk. (Contributors to this volume: David Bergman, Towson State Univ.; Laurel Brodsley, Univ. of California at Los Angeles; Barbara Browning, Princeton Univ.; Annie Dawid, Lewis & Clark College; Joseph Dewey, Univ. of Pittsburgh at Johnstown; Judy Elsley, Univ. of Bristol; Kevin J. Harty, LaSalle Univ.; Gert Hekma, Univ. of Amsterdam; D.S. Lawson, Lander College; James Morrison, North Carolina State Univ. at Raleigh; Emmanuel S. Nelson, SUNY College at Cortland; Judith Laurence Pastore, Univ. of Lowell; Joel Shatzky, SUNY College at Cortland; Myles Weber, author; David Wetsel, Arizona State Univ. at Tempe; Les Wright, Univ. of California at Berkeley; Gregory Woods, Nottingham Polytechnic)
Edited by Emmanuel S. Nelson. 1992.
The primary focus of this volume is on the creative response of gay male artists. It is a synthesis of what has been written by gay authors about AIDS, it is critical and examines representative texts and their contexts. Some of the texts include: Paul Monette s Borrowed Time, Randy Shilts And the Band Played On, Mart
Harvey Fineberg, Jonathan Mann. 1992. Oxford University Press, 200 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. 382p., bibliog. ISBN 0-19-506882-3, 0-19-508207-9pbk. $55.00, $29.95pbk. (Contributors to this volume: Jeanne Blake, medical reporter; Maryan Pye, AIDS Programme for the Health Authority in the U.K.; David J. Hunter, Harvard School of Public Health, Claire M. Cassidy, Univ. of Maryland; Mark L. Rosenberg, Center for Environmental Health and Injury Control; Mukesh Kapila, Overseas Development Administration, U.K.; Marcie L. Cynamon, National Center for Health Statistics; Jaime Sepulveda, Under Secretary of Health, Mexico; Milton Gossett, Harvard School of Public Health; G. Stephen Bowen, Bureau of Health Resources Development; Michael L.E. Ramah, Porter/Novelli; Jose Antonio Izazola, Harvard School of Public Health; Lincoln C. Chen, Harvard School of Public Health; Gil Schwartz, Westinghouse Broadcasting Co.; Lloyd J. Kolbe, Centers for Disease Control; Mary Debus, Porter/Novelli; Federick Kroger, Centers for Disease Control; William DeJong, Harvard School of Public Health; William A. Smith, Academy for Educational Development; Jonathan M. Mann, Harvard School of Public Health; Laurie Garret, Medical reporter for Newsday; Jeremy S. Warshaw, Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising; June E. Osborn, University of Michigan; Steven L. Gortmaker, Harvard Institute for Social Research; Jay A. Winsten, Harvard School of Public Health; Mervyn F. Silverman, American Foundation for AIDS Research; Peter Lamptey, AIDSTECH Project at Family Health International; Harvey V. Fineberg, Harvard School of Public Health; Dennis D. Tolsma, Centers for Disease Control; Thomas W. Netter, Harvard Univ.; Thomas Goodgame, Harvard Institute for Social Research; Sharon Weir, AIDSTECH Project at Family Health International; Richard G. Parker, State Univ. of Rio de Janeiro)
Edited by Jaime Sepulveda,
This book is based on the premise that AIDS is completely preventable with adequate information and the adoption of appropriate measures. It brings together the global experiences from many experts and consolidates new information since the First Symposium on AIDS Education and Communication that was sponsored by the
Harvard University Press, 79 Garden St., Cambridge, MA 02138-9983. 1,037p., illus., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-674-01265-8, 0-674-01266-6pbk. $34.95, $15.95pbk
Edited by Jonathan M. Mann, Daniel J.M. Tarantola, Thomas W. Netter. 1992.
This is the first global report on AIDS published by the Global AIDS Policy Coalition, an independent coalition, with funding coming from the Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud. It covers the period from the recognition of AIDS in the early 1980s through mid-1992, and thus contains both a retrospective and a current a
Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., P.O. Box 10624, Baltimore, MD 21285-0624. 292p., illus., bibliog., index. ISBN 1-55766-083-2. $47.00. (Contributors to this volume: Allen C. Crocker, Children's Hospital in Boston; Herbert J. Cohen, Rose F. Kennedy Center Univ.; Theodore A. Kastner, Morristown Memorial Hospital; Gitta Acton, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Gary R. Anderson, Hunter College School of Social Work; J. Burt Annin, Child Welfare League of America; Ronald Berchert, Bureau of Community Services; Arnold Birenbaum, St. John's Univ.; Edna Bolivar, New England Hemophilia Center; Doreen B. Brettler, New England Hemophila Center; Gerard A. Cabrera, Young Adult Institute, New York; Marklyn P. Champagne, Moonstone Group of Rhode Island; Stephen Chanock, Harvard Medical School; Curtis L. Decker, National Assoc. of Protection & Advocacy Systems; Gary W. Diamond, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Raymond Dinoi, New England Hemophilia Center; Patricia Driscoll, Project WIN; L. Jean Emery, Child Welfare League of America; Patricia M. Forand, New England Hemophilia Center; Ann D. Forsberg, New England Hemophilia Center; Geoffrey B. Garwick, Ramsey County Mental Health Clinic; Michele Granger, Children's Hospital of New Jersey; Jenny Grosz, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Meredith Hinds Harris, Northeastern Univ.; David C. Harvey, National Assoc. of Protection & Advocacy Systems; Karen Hopkins, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Judith Hylton, Oregon Health Sciences Univ.; Raymond Jacobs, Young Adult Institute; Elaine Jurkowski, Winnipeg West Central Region; Piotr B. Kozlowski, Institute for Basic Research in Developmental Disabilities; Elissa M. Kraus, New England Hemophilia Center; Joel M. Levy, Young Adult Institute; Philip H. Levy, Young Adult Institute; Allen G. Marchetti, Brook Run; Brigitta U. Mueller, National Cancer Institute; Ruth S. Nathanson, Morristown Memorial Hospital; Philip Pizzo, National Cancer Institute; Shirley A. Rees, Bureau of Community Services, Washington, DC; Sharon Rennert, American Bar Assoc.; Martha F. Rogers, Centers for Disease Control; Sheri Rosen, Children's Hospital of New Jersey; Arye Rubinstein, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Anne F. Rudigier, American Assoc. of Univ. Affiliated Programs for Persons with Developmental Disabilities; Perry Samowitz, Young Adult Institute; John F. Seidel, Pediatric AIDS Program; Marc J. Sicklick, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Robert J. Simonds, Centers for Disease Control; Elaine Durkot Sterzin, Foundation for Children with AIDS; Claudia K. Swanson, Ramsey County Community Human Services Dept.; Leslie Walker-Hirsch, Moonstone Group of New York; Geneva Woodruff, Foundation for Children with AIDS; Terrence P. Zealand, AIDS Resource Foundation for Children)
Edited by Allen C. Crocker, Herbert J. Cohen, Theodore A. Kastner. 1992.
The goal of this book is to speak to primary service providers, public planners, families, and students about the meaningful link between developmental disabilities and the presence of HIV infection. The contributors have assembled a large mass of information that deals with HIV infection as it is related to persons wi
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 365 Broadway, Hillsdale, NJ 07642. 236p., illus., bibliog., index. (Communication) ISBN 0-8058-0998-8. $49.95. (Contributors to this volume: Sandra Metts, Illinois State Univ.; Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, Univ. of Wisconsin; Yoshihisa Kashima, La Trobe Univ., Australia; Cynthia Gallois, Univ. of Queensland; Malcolm McCamish, Univ. of Queensland; Timothy Edgar, Univ. of Maryland; Mara B. Adelman, Northwestern Univ.; Vicki S. Freimuth, Univ. of Maryland; Ivana Markova, Univ. of Stirling, Scotland; Kevin Power, Univ. of Stirling, Scotland; Charles T. Salmon, Univ. of Wisconsin; Fred Kroger, Centers for Disease Control; Paula Michal-Johnson, Villanova Univ.; Sheryl Perlmutter Bowen, Villanova Univ.; James W. Dearing, Michigan State Univ.; Everett M. Rogers, Univ. of Southern California; Matthew P. McAllister, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State Univ.)
Edited by Timothy Edgar, Mary Anne Fitzpatrick, Vicki S. Freimuth. 1992.
A cure for AIDS is still in the future with prevention the primary thrust at this time in the communities. It has been shown that individuals will take the necessary actions for prevention only when (a) they are properly informed and (b) they feel motivated to respond to the information they possess. This communication
Harrington Park Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. 172p., bibliog. ISBN 1-56023-016-9. $14.95. (Contributors to this volume: Esther Chachkes, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City; Iris Davis, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center; Barbara G. Faltz, Santa Clara County Drug Abuse Services; Michele Fontaine, Greenwich House Counseling Center in Manhattan; Darrell Greene, Gay Men's Health Crisis in New York City; Yvonne Harris, St. Luke's/Roosevelt Substance Abuse Program in Manhattan; Stuart Kaufer, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center; Hannah Kusterer, Friendship House Association of American Indians; Donald McVinney, Gay Men's Health Crisis; Melvin I. Pohl, PRIDE Institute; Sabina Primack, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City; William Reulbach, Montefiore Medical Center; Ron Rowell, National Native American AIDS Prevention Center; Peter S, a person with AIDS; Edith Springer, Clinton Peer AIDS Education Coalition; Evelyn Ullah, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center; Carol Weiss, Cornell University Medical Center; Paul Zakrewski, Bellevue Hospital)
Edited by Michael Shernoff. 1991.
This book was originally published as Journal of Chemical Dependency Treatment, v.4, no.2, 1991. AIDS and drugs is now recognized as a devasting combination. Unfortunately, governmental response has not been the best in meeting the needs of this group of people who are usually poor and people of color. In fact, there a
Harrington Park Press/The Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. 277p., bibliog., index. ISBN 1-56023-002-9pbk, 1-56024-145-4. $14.95pbk, $29.95.
R. Dennis Shelby. 1992.
Intended for the clinician, this book presents information that will help the counselor understand the realities of AIDS in a relationship, particularly that of a gay couple. He has drawn upon his work with gay couples, presenting what he believes will help anyone who is faced with such counseling. Shelby s basic philo
Associated University Presses/Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 440 Forsgate Drive, Cranbury, NJ 08512. 257p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-8386-3474-5. $38.50.
Kenneth MacKinnon. 1992.
Kenneth MacKinnon has done a remarkable job in presenting his observations that the Reagan/Thatcher years have molded the thinking of Americans and Britains dramatically. During these years AIDS became a health crisis around the world. Gays, drug users, and Haitians were made the responsible culprits and to a wide numb
Taylor & Francis, 1101 Vermont Ave., NW, Ste. 200, Washington, DC 20005-3521. 268p., bibliog., index. ISBN 1-56032-273-X. $39.50. (Contributors to this volume: Michael L. J. Apuzzo, Univ. of Southern California School of Medicine; Cynthia L. Bartlett, Emerson College; Nina Biddle, The Mercantile Library; Jill F. Blair, New York City Public Schools; Ellen W. Bonaguro, Northern Illinois Univ.; David A. Brenders, Emerson College; Lisa Conte, Kidder, Peabody & Co.; Edwin Diamond, New York Univ.; Denise E. Dyson, freelance writer in London; Valeria Fabj, Emerson College; Louis R. Franzini, San Diego State Univ.; Lisaanne Garrett, small claims court, Quincy, MA; Karen K. Hein, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Gary L. Kreps, Northern Illinois Univ.; Michael L. Levy, Univ. of Southern California School of Medicine; Edward W. Maibach, Emory Univ. School of Public Health; John Marlier, Emerson College; Kevin A. Mercuri, Emerson College; Katherine I. Miller, Arizona State Univ.; J. Gregory Payne, Emerson College; Scott C. Ratzan, Emerson College; Matthew J. Sobnosky, Emerson College; Joseph P. Van Der Meulen, Univ. of Southern California; Eric G. Zook, Pennsylvania State Univ.)
Edited by Scott C. Ratzan. 1993.
The purpose of this book is to present appropriate ethical and effective communication strategies to prevent the spread of HIV. A well-qualified list of contributors have reported on a wide range of topics that pertain to communication. The three sections of the book cover AIDS: Effective Health Communication, AIDS: C
Franklin Watts, Orchard Books, 5450 N. Cumberland Ave., Chicago, IL 60656. 64p., color illus., glossary, index. (A First Book). ISBN 0-531-20074-4. $12.40.
Lorna Greenberg. 1992.
There are far too few books that are written about AIDS for the elementary and secondary school child. It is important that more books for this level of reader be made available so that education about AIDS can begin at an early age and with facts and not myths. Lorna Greenberg has done a good job in presenting the fac
ABC-Clio, 130 Cremona Drive, P.O. Box 1911, Santa Barbara, CA 93116-1911. 268p., bibliog., glossary, index. (Contemporary World Issues). ISBN 0-87436-648-8. $39.50.
Mary Ellen Hombs. 1992.
This handbook provides users sources of information that may be spread throughout a variety of resources, some of which are difficult to locate. It is intended to help the serious researchers as well as the ordinary citizen, volunteers, and policymakers. Obviously, a book containing all of these resources would be seve
Sage Publications, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Newbury Park, CA 91320. 152p., bibliog. (Sage series on race and ethnic relations, v. 3). ISBN 0-8039-4346-6, 0-8039-4347-4pbk. $21.95pbk.
Samuel V. Duh. 1991.
Initially, AIDS occurred mostly among male homosexuals. Subsequently, it was found in intravenous drug users, blood and blood product recipients, and, finally, heterosexuals. Today it is known that anybody can contract AIDS and it can be found in almost every country and in almost every demographic group. The incidenc
Sage Publications, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Newbury Park, CA 91320. 192p., glossary, bibliog., index. (American Sociological Association Presidential Series). ISBN 0-8039-4329-6, 0-8039-4330-Xpbk. $18.95pbk.
Edited by Joan Huber, Beth E. Schneider. 1992.
The materials in this volume are organized to highlight the kinds of directions sociological research has taken in approaching the problem of AIDS. The two chapters of the first part-- The Social Context of AIDS --present a framework for researchers working on the social context, impact, and consequences of AIDS, cove
Sage Publications, Inc., 2455 Teller Road, Newbury Park, CA 91320. 314p., bibliog., index. ISSN 0-8039-4181-1, 0-8039-4182-Xpbk. $17.95pbk.
Edited by Ralph J. DiClemente. 1992.
This book, and the research underlying it, lay the foundations for understanding the problems (about AIDS) and what to do about them. Prevention programs that will have any chance of success, first need good data about the prevalence and incidence of AIDS, of HIV infection, and of sexual practices among adolescents.
Warner Books, Inc., 666 5th Ave., New York, NY 10103. 400p., index. ISBN 0-446-39346-0. $12.99.
Dominique Lapierre, translated from the French by Kathryn Spink. 1991.
This non-fiction essay/novel presents some of the major events that have occurred between 1980 and 1986 on the issues of AIDS. It is selective in the names and events that were chosen to be presented here in narrative fashion. It is a somewhat moving account that presents the stories of some of the doctors, scientists,
W.B. Saunders Co./Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., The Curtis Center, Independence Square West, Philadelphia, PA 19106. 515p., graphs, bibliog., index. ISBN 0-7216-3718-3.
Jacquelyn Haak Flaskerud, Peter J. Ungvarski. 2nd ed. 1993.
This book constitutes a detailed guide to nursing, human service, and medical care, including the care of women, children, and intravenous drug users. It also provides a comprehensive view of the spectrum of HIV disease to assist the nurse in clinical practice, whether that practice be in primary, secondary, or tertiar
Neal-Schuman, 100 Varick St., New York, NY 10013. 163p. ISBN 1-55570-117-5.
Jeffrey T. Huber. 1993.
This compact dictionary is an alphabetical list and explanation of key words, names, and phrases generally found in discussions of AIDS and HIV. The dictionary includes abbreviations, acronyms, historical terms, key names in the AIDS arena, medical terminology, drugs associated with past and present therapy, major orga
Praeger Publishers, One Madison Ave., New York, NY 10010. 214p., graphs, bibliog., index. ISBN 0-275-93618-X.
Marie A. Muir. 1991.
The focus for this book has been to collect data that would be of use to those setting policy or concerned with HIV prevention, particularly interventions involving education and information. It also provides a realistic framework for the general public to recognize that AIDS and HIV disease are serious concerns and t
Enslow Publishers, Bloy St. & Ramsey Ave, Box 777, Hillside, NJ 07205. 144p., bibliog., index. (Issues in Focus) ISBN 0-89490-338-1. $18.95.
David E. Newton. 1992.
This book discusses some of the social, political, economic, ethical, and other issues that have arisen as a result of the AIDS epidemic. It does not, however, try to convince the reader what is right or wrong about various AIDS-related issues. It, instead, tries to give a feel of the attitudes that people have about t
Clarion Books/Houghton Mifflin Co., 215 Park Ave. S., New York, NY 10003. 48p., illus., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-89919-834-1, 0-395-51167-1pbk. $14.95, $5.95pbk.
Rosmarie Hausherr. 1989.
A very good book for children ages 6-10 that gives the basic facts about AIDS. The information is given in the form of snapshots of children who have the virus. It includes several ethnic groups. The book ends with information for adults including health care precautions, what we can do about AIDS, resources, and a bri
Plenum Press, 233 Spring St., New York, NY 10013. 242p., illus., bibliog., index. (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, v. 300) ISBN 0-306-44008-3. $69.50.
Edited by Nejat Duzgunes. 1991.
This is the proceedings of a workshop on mechanisms and specificity of HIV entry into host cells, held June 19-20, 1989, in San Francisco, CA. Several of the chapters are the edited transcripts of the discussions following each presentation at the workshop. The individual papers cover such topics as viral and cellular
Plenum Press, 233 Spring St, New York, NY 10013. 273p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-306-43851-8. $39.50.
Edited by Paul I. Ahmed. 1992.
This book is about the care of sick human beings. It is about the heroic struggle of individuals with AIDS. It is about their daily coping in the workplace and at home; about economic problems, the loss of friendship and family support, and physical and emotional pain. It is also about the social context in which HIV-
This information is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between you and your doctor.