AEGiS-BKREV: AIDS Dictionary

(BKREV) AIDS Dictionary

Facts on File, 11 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001. 340p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-8160-3149-5, 0-8160-3754-Xpbk. $45.00, $24.95pbk.
Sarah Barbara Watstein, with Karen Chandler. 1998.

Numerous books continue to be published on all aspects of HIV/AIDS. Some are technical, some are for the layperson, and some are for young people. All of these books contain terms that are not too familiar to those outside the HIV/AIDS research community. Researchers recognize this fact and have tried to include brief glossaries in books that they publish, but there has not been a good, fairly comprehensive, up-to-date dictionary that defines the various terms and phrases that are associated with HIV/AIDS. The AIDS Dictionary contains more than 3,000 entries with definitions that are free of moralizing, stigmatizing, and euphemism. It covers the basic biological and medical aspects of HIV/AIDS, as well as those terms that are associated with the financial, legal, political and social aspects of this dreaded disease.

It is hoped that those who use this dictionary will become better informed citizens who will not be quick to point their fingers at certain groups who are at high risk. The definitions are short to long and every effort was made to make sure that they were accurate, up-to-date, and readable at all levels. There is an appendix that provides a snapshot of the global epidemic as of 1996 with estimates of new HIV infections, number of people living with HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS associated deaths, cumulative HIV infections, cumulative AIDS cases, and cumulative HIV/AIDS deaths. This appendix, also, provides a table of countries with 1,000 or more AIDS cases reported as of 6/30/97 and the estimated incidence of infection in the United States. Another appendix provides selected resources for practitioners, researchers, and persons with HIV/AIDS, including telephone listings of associations and organizations, AIDS education and training centers, and payment assistance programs; and websites.

This is a highly recommended book that should be available in all libraries from school to public to academic to research and medical.

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