Guilford Publications, 72 Spring St., New York, NY 10012. ISSN 0899-9546. $60.00 individuals, $195.00 institutions.
edited by Francisco S. Sy.
In keeping with the goal of providing articles on AIDS education and prevention this excellent journal has the following major articles in the 3 latest issues: Volume 14, no.3- HIV-Infected Persons Knowledge of Their Sexual Partners HIV Status, Prenatal HIV Counseling and Testing in California, A Model for Capacity-Bui
Princeton University Press, 41 William St., Princeton, NJ 08540. 532p., illus., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-691-00454-4. $75.00.
edited by Emilio A. Emini. 2002,
This is a book that reviews what we know and what we do not know about the human immunodeficiency virus as we enter the third decade. Each chapter can be read independently, but taken together, the chapters present a complete picture of the challenges that lie ahead. The 13 chapters cover: The Structure and biology of
University of Wisconsin Press, 1930 Monroe St., Madison, WI 53711. 305p., illus. ISBN 0-299-17070-5, 0-299-17074-8pbk. $29.95, $19.95pbk.
edited by Edmund White in cooperation with The Estate Project for Artists with AIDS, a project of the Alliance for the Arts. 2001.
This is a powerful book that looks at the impact of AIDS on the arts community. When an artist dies we face two great losses: the person and the work he did not live to do. The essays provide an outlet for all of the sorrow and grief that so many artists have suffered in the loss of their friends and lovers. Many of th
Palgrave Macmillan, 175 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10010. 416p., illus., bibliog., index. ISBN 1-4039-0005-1. $45.00.
Tony Barnett, Alan Whiteside. 2002.
This is a book that is intended to open the eyes of everyone who is skeptical about the impact of AIDS on the world s population. It touches on the social and economic origins of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and how it has affected communities, businesses, and governments throughout the world. It hammers away at the hard fact
Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research, PO Box 1156 Blindern, NO-0317 Oslo, Norway. 62p. ISBN 82-7864-010-6. Write for copy or e-mail at nikk@nikk.uio.no .
Jill Lewis, Stephen Clift. 2001.
The Living for Tomorrow was a 3-year action research project for 1998-2000, funded by the Nordic Institute for Women s Studies and Gender Research. It focused on the youth, sexual health and the cultural landscapes of gender and sexuality in Nordic, Baltic, and NW Russian areas during this time of transition of the HIV
Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. $60.00 per year individuals, $95.00 per year institutions, $110.00 per year libraries.
edited by Julio Morales, Marcia Bok. 2001.
The mission of this journal is to address AIDS a s a public health issue, to bring public and professional attention to AIDS and children within the context of social justice and the need for social change, as well as to address issues of education and child welfare. The journal has done very well in meeting this miss
Aunt Lute Books, PO Box 410687, San Francisco, CA 94141. 199p. ISBN 1-879960-64-8. $17.95.
Unity Dow. 2000.
This is a novel about life in Botswana in the age of AIDS. It tells the story of a Botswana family s struggle to cope with the devastation of HIV and poverty. It is about Mosa, who challenges adult authorities in her task of fighting the powerlessness and oppression that have made the family vulnerable to HIV. It is a
This is a summary of developments in HIV/AIDS policy and law in Canada and abroad. Its aim is to educate people about and inform them of policy and legal developments and to promote the exchange of information, ideas, and experiences. Feature articles in this issue are: Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission, Compul
University of Minnesota Press, 111 Third Ave South, Ste 290, Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520. 203p., index. ISBN 0-8166-3911-6. $17.95.
Robin Hardy with David Groff. 1999.
Robin Hardy had AIDS but died in a mountaineering accident. Has manuscript, The Crisis of Desire, was edited by David Groff and provides us with a unique look at the struggle gay men are having in coping with AIDS. He was a strong advocate in sexual expressiveness. Robin Hardy calls on gay men to reclaim their erotic e
MIT Press, 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142-1493. 319p., illus., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-262-03295-3. $29.95.
Douglas Crimp. 2002.
Douglas Crimp provides us with a unique collection of essays that confronts the conservative gay politics that has replaced AIDS activism that was so prominent in the 1980s and early 1990s. He touches on everything that has happened and been written showing us that melancholia has set in, resulting in gays becoming com
Columbia University. http://dlp.tc.columbia.edu Telephone: 212-678-3492 or 888.633-6933.
by the Distance Learning Project of Teachers College
This continuing education course is less about how to construct an AIDS education curriculum and more an orientation to the key issues that every educator should understand in order to help others make sense of the epidemic. It will pose a series of questions and a series of contemporary issues for participants to dige
HIV ReSources, Inc., PO Box 39385, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33339-9385. various pagings. (http://www.hivresources.com) $63.00 individual; $78.00 institution; If the AIDS Book Review Journal is mentioned the prices are $46.60 individual; $59.40 institution.
edited by Sharon Ann Meyer. 2001.
HIV ReSources is a Florida company that provides wide distribution of HIV and nutrition-related resources. The newsletter is bi-monthly intended for nutrition professionals and others interested in nutrition and HIV/AIDS. It is a peer-reviewed publication offering research and practice-oriented articles on nutrition.
American Society for Microbiology, 1752 N St. NW, Washington, DC 20036. 359p., illus. (part in color), bibliog.., index. ISBN 1-55581-156-6. $99.95.
edited by Erik D. A. De Clercq. 2001.
This book provides the research of 28 researchers on work that has been accomplished in the past few years, at both the fundamental and clinical levels, in the chemotherapy of retrovirus infections, particularly AIDS. It is aimed at presenting an overview of the current approaches to the therapy of AIDS and HIV infecti
Blackwell Science, 350 Main St., Malden, MA 02148. 90p., illus., index. ISBN 0-632-04474-8. $24.95.
I. Edward Alcamo. 2002.
This excellent, small book is for the layperson, providing current information on such topics as recent discoveries on how the AIDS virus attacks the immune system; prevention of AIDS in newborns; the catastrophic effect of AIDS in Africa; the needle exchange program; and an update of drug therapy. The information in e
St. Martin's Griffin/St Martin's Press, 175 5th Ave., New York, NY 10010. 422p., bibliog.., index. ISBN 0-312-25389-3. $14.95.
Derek Humphry, Mary Clement. 2000.
Discussions on the issue of the right to die, voluntary euthanasia, and physician-assisted suicide have become more prevalent in the past few years as people examine the dignity of those who are dying. Moral issues are always at the top when these discussions arise and religion plays a big part in defeating any laws th
Marcel Dekker, 270 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. 342p., bibliog.., index. ISBN 0-8247-0645-5. $165.00.
edited by Flossie Wong-Staal, Robert C. Gallo. 2002.
Developing a vaccine for AIDS has been met with many obstacles. Researchers are still debating about what a vaccine must accomplish: should it completely prevent HIV infection or should it prevent disease but not infection. Since sterilizing immunity seems out of reach, infection without disease would appear to be an a
Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881. 290p., bibliog.., index. (A World View of Social Issues). ISBN 0-313-31403-9. $49.95.
edited by Karen McElrath. 2002.
It has been reported that an estimated 36.1 million persons are living with HIV and that approximately 21.8 million persons have died from AIDS-related illnesses (as of the end of 2000, reported by UNAIDS /WHO 2000). This volume addresses HIV and AIDS and the related social health challenges that we face as a result of
Haworth Integrative Healing Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. 230p., index. (Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics, v. 1, nos. 3-4, 2001). ISBN 0-7890-1698-2, 0-7890-1699-0pbk. $44.95, $24.95pbk
edited by Ethan Russo. 2001.
The therapeutic use of cannabis or marijuana has been debated over and over. Laws are on the books banning its use and making it illegal to possess. However, there are increasingly more studies where HIV/AIDS sufferers are seen to benefit from using this drug. This collection of articles in the Journal of Cannabis Ther
American Psychiatric Association, 1400 K St., NW, Washington, DC 20005. 120p. ISBN 0-89042-318-0; ISSN 1067-8743. $29.50.
by American Psychiatric Association. 2000.
This practice guideline seeks to summarize data and specific forms of treatment regarding the care of patients with HIV/AIDS. The purpose of this guideline is to assist the psychiatrist in caring for a patient with HIV/AIDS. The first part presents background information and treatment recommendations for patients with
Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. 174p., bibliog.., index. (Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention & Education for Adolescents and Children, v. 4, no. 2/3, 2001). ISBN 0-7890-1441-6, 0-7890-1442-4pbk. $44.95; $24.95pbk.
edited by Barbara A. Dicks. 2001.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Caribbean is second in magnitude to that in Sub-Saharan Africa. It has been estimated that some 500,000 people in the Caribbean were living with HIV/AIDS by the end of 2000. During 1999 it was estimated that 780 to 1,170 infants were infected with HIV via mother-to-child transmission. This
Coffee House Press, 27 North 4th St., Ste. 400, Minneapolis, MN 55401. 239p. ISBN 1-56689-101-9. $20.95.
Emily Carter. 2000.
This is a streetwise and sardonic look at sex, HIV, addiction, and recovery. The stories were originally published in The New Yorker. These are stories about the twelve-step recovery program for chemical addictors. Even though this program has its faults, it did work for Glory. Carter has done a remarkable job in traci
First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Video, 72 minutes, color. (www.frif.com; email: mail@frif.com .$375.00; $100.00rental.
It s My Life is a portrait of Zackie Achmat, a South African activist and person with HIV. Zackie is the Chairperson of the activist group Treatment Action Campaign (TAC), speaking on behalf of the poor and disenfranchised South Africans with HIV/AIDS. Antiretroviral medications, which allow people with HIV to live pra
First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Video, 55 minutes, color. (www.frif.com; email: mail@frif.com
This film encapsulates the international reaction, or rather the lack thereof, to the AIDS crisis since its discovery, and examines the social, political, and economic barriers that have obstructed a concerted worldwide public health response to the epidemic. Through contemporary interviews and the presentation of hist
Guilford Publications, Inc., 72 Spring St., New York, NY 10012. ISSN 0899-9546. $195.00 institutions; $60.00 individuals.
edited by Francisco S. Sy.
The AIDS Education and Prevention journal provides state-of-the-art information about AIDS and related issues. This journal will serve as a forum devoted to the publication of original contributions that highlight existing and theoretical models of AIDS education and prevention, including their development, implementat
Butterworth-Heinemann, 225 Wildwood Ave., Woburn, MA 01801-2041. 182p., bibliog., index. (Nursing Healthcare). ISBN 0-7506-4094-4. $39.99.
Hannah Cooke. 2000.
Death is a difficult part of life that everyone must face. Information on dealing with dying and bereavement is important for all health care personnel. Based on work over the years, Cooke has written a very useful text dealing with these issues. In the section on Caring for Dying Patients and their Families, the issue
Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. (Home Health Care Services Quarterly, volume 19, no. 1-2, 2001). ISBN 0-7890-1361-4, 0-7890-1362-2pbk. $59.95, $34.95pbk.
edited by George J. Huba, Lisa A. Melchior, A. T. Panter, Vivian B. Brown, David A. Cherin, W. June Simmons. 2001.
This book focuses on the needs of AIDS patients who remain vulnerable to both the disease and mainstream treatment regimens and who have been underserved by both traditional models of community-based services and service delivery programs. Much effort needs to be focused on medical and support services for uninsured an
The Your Personal Health series is intended to be small brief books for the layperson on various health topics such as Hepatitis C, Crohn s Disease, allergies, and multiple sclerosis. This one on Hepatitis C provides up-to-date, practical advice for patients, their families, and caretakers. The book discusses the vario
Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. 272p., bibliog., index. (Drugs and Society, volume 16, no. 1-2, 2000). ISBN 0-7890-1190-5, 0-7890-1191-3pbk. $49.95, $29.95pbk.
edited by G. J. Huba, Lisa A. Melchior, Vivian B. Brown, Trudy A. Larson, A. T. Panter. 2000.
In 1994, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), through its Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program, funded 27 innovative models of HIV Care. These models have been collectively labeled the SPNS Cooperative Agreement and represent
Haworth Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. 165p., bibliog. (Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Education for Adolescents and Children, volume 4, nos. 2-3). ISSN 1069-837X. $24.95.
Barbara A. Dicks. 2001.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has become a major developmental problem affecting every country in the world, and the Caribbean in particular, where the epidemic is the worst in the Western Hemisphere and second in magnitude only to that in Sub-Saharan Africa. Transmission of the virus has shifted from being predominantly homo
Haworth Social Work Press, 10 Alice St., Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. ISSN 1069-837X. $95.00 per year institutions; $60.00 per year individuals; $110.00 per year libraries.
edited by Julio Morales, Marcia Bok. 2001.
This publication addresses AIDS as a public health issue, bringing public and professional attention to AIDS and children within the context of social justice and the need for social change. First published in 1997, it has balanced the research and technical aspect of AIDS with the human side. This issue includes the f
Rosen Publishing Group, 29 East 21st St., New York, NY 10010. 64p., color illus., bibliog., index. (The Need to Know Library). ISBN 0-8239-3314-8. $23.95.
Katherine White. 2001.
The Need to Know Library series continues to be an excellent series for young people who need easy to read information on a large number of topics. This particular one on AIDS and HIV is no exception. Information about the virus and disease are presented in a straightforward text with well-chosen color photographs and
Public Affairs, 250 West 57th St., Ste. 1321, New York, NY 10107. 515p., bibliog., index. ISBN 1-891620-88-6. $27.50.
Patricia Thomas. 2001.
This is an excellent account of the search for an AIDS vaccine since HIV was identified as the cause of AIDS in 1994. Thomas dramatizes the controversial search for a vaccine-the players, the politics, the money-in a vivid, suspenseful story that reveals how science is done, and not done, in America today. Treatments h
Although new therapies have greatly reduced the number of new HIV/AIDS cases and death rates have fallen in the developed countries, HIV/AIDS continues to run rampant in the developing world. Unfortunately the efforts of many individual countries in the developing world are unable to take advantage of all of the new te
Jossey-Bass, 989 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94103-1741. 272p., bibliog., index. ISBN 0-7879-5946-4. $21.00.
edited by Stephen L. Issacs, James R. Knickman. 2002.
This is the 5th volume of the series To Improve Health and Health Care, with the first volume published in 1997 and produced by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The series tries to present clearly and forthrightly what the Foundation does, why it does it, and what it has learned from its experience. All of the paper
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. A website at http://www.hsls.pitt.edu/services/histmed/dissertations.html.
This monthly current awareness website began in October, 2001. It provides a listing of dissertations gleaned from Dissertations Abstracts that cover any/all aspects of the history and current socio-cultural aspect of HIV/AIDS worldwide. Many of these dissertations will never be published in any other format.
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, rue Saint-Pierre, ste. 408, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 2M4. Website at http://www.aidslaw.ca/Maincontent/issues/testing.htm .
Recently, there have been renewed calls in Canada for compulsory testing of persons who are believed to be the source of an occupational exposure to HBV, HBC and HIV and who refuse to test voluntarily. Bill C-217 (formerly Bill C-244), a private members bill currently before the Canadian federal Parliament, would autho
University of California, San Francisco. Website at http://www.whatudo.org/
edited by HIV InSite,
This website is designed to provide straightforward, unbiased, nonjudgmental, accurate, and timely information about HIV/AIDS to young people who are searching for answers on the Web. It provides full text fact sheets, statistics, news, interviews with teens, scenarios, interactive polls, questions, chat, and related l
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, rue Saint-Pierre, ste. 408, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 2M4. 40p. electronic at http://www.aidslaw.ca/Maincontent/events/proceedings-agm2001.htm.
This document contains six presentations made during the Legal Network s Annual General Meeting and Skills Building Workshops, 21-23 September 2001. These papers underscore the urgency of addressing the issue of access to treatments in developing countries. A South African Perspective, by Mark Heywood provides a South
Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, rue Saint-Pierre, ste. 408, Montreal, Quebec H2Y 2M4. 80p. electronic at http://www.aidslaw.ca/Maincontent/issues/cts/TRIPS-brief.htm.
This document is available in English and French at the above URL. The paper sets out the basis, in international law, for the following conclusions: 1. States binding legal obligations to realize human rights have primacy in international law; 2. therefore, the TRIPS Agreement must be interpreted in a fashion consiste
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