1998


Journal

June: Volume 4, Number 6

The Risks of Bareback Sex
Gordon Nary
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, Journal: June 1998
Ellen Terry’s often quoted and misattributed remark "I don’t care what you do as long as you don’t do it in the street and frighten the horses" could well be the cornerstone of an enlightened society’s policy on sexual behavior.

April: Volume 4, Number 4

Healthcare Resource Challenges to the World Community
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care; April 1998 Journal

Examining the Necessity to Ration Healthcare Resources for HIV/AIDS and Other Life-Threatening Illnesses
José Zuniga
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care; April 1998 Journal
The ethical principles that underlie healthcare resource allocation include the principles of beneficence and distributive justice. In most societies, the moral foundations of beneficence countenance a duty to aid those who cannot help themselves.

March: Volume 4, Number 3

Dustup Darkens HIV's Mean Streets or, Can an Old Immune System Sweep Clean?
Mark Mascolini
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care Journal; March 1998
Chicago's a tough town. And you don't have to read Nelson Algren to find out. They'll arrest you for leaning against subway doors in Chicago--a threat the motorman incants with menacing regularity. Chicago's sports clubs favor names that start with in-your-face plosives--Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks.

The Romanian Pediatric AIDS Initiative: Children represent 94 percent of all Romanian AIDS cases. Fifty percent of all Romanian children with AIDS are orphaned or abandoned.
Mark W. Kline, MD
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care Journal; March 1998
Today, over 30 million adults and children worldwide have been infected with HIV. In 1997 alone over 6 million new infections occurred and there were an estimated 2.3 million deaths worldwide. The statistics for children are nearly as sobering.

Romania's Forgotten Children
Story by Ruth SoRelle; Photos by Smiley N. Pool
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care Journal; March 1998
The three emerged from the subway station like tiny mice, furtive and gray with fatigue and dirt. Ages 8, 10, and 11, they are members of a growing population of homeless and abandoned children who populate the city's streets and sewers.

January: Volume 4, Number 1

HIV/AIDS in Cuba: The Devastating Medical Results of US Embargo Against Cuba
International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care; January 1998 Journal


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