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AIDS and the law : [electronic resource] a guide for the public / edited by Harlon L. Dalton, Scott Burris, and the Yale AIDS Law Project.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, c1987.Description: xvii, 382 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0300040784 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780300040784 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0300040776 (hard : alk. paper)
  • 9780300040777 (hard : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 344.73/04369792 347.3044369792 19
LOC classification:
  • KF3803.A54 A945 1987
NLM classification:
  • WD 308
Online resources:
Contents:
A little law for non-lawyers / Scott Burris -- Part I. The medical background -- The AIDS epidemic : discovery of a new disease / June E. Osborn -- The transmission of AIDS / Richard Green -- A historical perspective / Allan M. Brandt -- Part II. Government responses to AIDS -- Traditional public health strategies / Larry Gostin -- Schoolchildren with AIDS / Frederic C. Kass -- Prostitution as a public health issue / John F. Decker -- Education as prevention / Jane Harris Ailen -- Part III. Private sector responses to AIDS -- AIDS in the workplace / Arthur S. Leonard -- Screening workers for AIDS / Mark A. Rothstein -- Housing issues / Daniel R. Mandelker -- Torts : private lawsuits about AIDS / Donald H.J. Hermann -- Part IV. AIDS and health care -- The right to medical treatment / Taunya Lovell Banks -- Insurance / Mark Scherzer -- Doctors and patients : responsibilities in a confidential relationship / Richard Belitsky, Robert A. Solomon -- Physicians versus lawyers : a conflict of cultures / Daniel M. Fox -- Part V. AIDS in institutions -- The military / Rhonda R. Rivera -- Prisons / Urvashi Vaid -- Part VI. Confronting AIDS : the problems of special groups -- Intravenous drug abusers / Catherine O'Neill -- The Black community / Wayne L. Greaves -- The lesbian and gay community / Mark S. Senak.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-372) and index.

A little law for non-lawyers / Scott Burris -- Part I. The medical background -- The AIDS epidemic : discovery of a new disease / June E. Osborn -- The transmission of AIDS / Richard Green -- A historical perspective / Allan M. Brandt -- Part II. Government responses to AIDS -- Traditional public health strategies / Larry Gostin -- Schoolchildren with AIDS / Frederic C. Kass -- Prostitution as a public health issue / John F. Decker -- Education as prevention / Jane Harris Ailen -- Part III. Private sector responses to AIDS -- AIDS in the workplace / Arthur S. Leonard -- Screening workers for AIDS / Mark A. Rothstein -- Housing issues / Daniel R. Mandelker -- Torts : private lawsuits about AIDS / Donald H.J. Hermann -- Part IV. AIDS and health care -- The right to medical treatment / Taunya Lovell Banks -- Insurance / Mark Scherzer -- Doctors and patients : responsibilities in a confidential relationship / Richard Belitsky, Robert A. Solomon -- Physicians versus lawyers : a conflict of cultures / Daniel M. Fox -- Part V. AIDS in institutions -- The military / Rhonda R. Rivera -- Prisons / Urvashi Vaid -- Part VI. Confronting AIDS : the problems of special groups -- Intravenous drug abusers / Catherine O'Neill -- The Black community / Wayne L. Greaves -- The lesbian and gay community / Mark S. Senak.

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