AEGiS-BKREV: AIDS: Facts, Issues, Choices

(BKREV) AIDS: Facts, Issues, Choices

PPI Publishing, PO Box 292239, Kettering, OH 45429. 117p., bibliog., index. (PPI Book #596). ISBN 1-57515-089-1. $7.95.
Faith Hickman Brynie. 1997.

This small book for the layperson provides much factual information about AIDS and HIV as well as touching on the various issues and choices that are available. "AIDS raises many questions, only a few of which can be answered with certainty. Still, one fact is sure: AIDS is a global epidemic that, in one way or another, touches us all." The 8 chapters cover: "What is AIDS?," "News from the Laboratory," "Medicine Offers Health and Hope," "Attitudes and Issues," "AIDS and the Law," "Prevention," "The Global Epidemic," and "AIDS and You." The book stresses abstinence, but indicates that three out of four high school students have sex by the end of their senior year. The answer, then, to risky behavior is to always use a condom. Also stressed is education and communication. Probably the most important slogan that can be posted is: "Don't inject drugs, but if you do, don't share needles. Don't have sex, but if you do, use a condom." A recommended book for all public and school libraries.

Keywords: Medical Aspects; Social Aspects; General

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