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OverviewThe HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a major social problem in the United States. While the number of individuals dying of the disease has dropped dramatically, the rate of new HIV infections has remained relatively steady for several years. As a result many more infected individuals are living with the disease in various stages - perhaps as many as one million today. While the incidence of perinatal HIV has decreased, there has been a significant growth in HIV/AIDS among minorities and adolescents. At the same time, the laws governing aspects of the milieu and consequences of the disease have expanded, in the process becoming even more complex and varied. In this book, Dr Dickson presents this complex and changing field for social work students, practitioners, and educators, who will be working with an increasing population of clients infected or at risk of becoming infected with the disease, and who therefore must be knowledgeable about its legal aspects. Drawing upon statutes and court decisions from across the country, Dickson has produced a comprehensive, up-to-date picture of the many facets of HIV/AIDS law today. Along with a discussion of the disease, testing and transmission, topics include health policy; confidentiality, privacy, and the duty to protect others from harm; HIV/AIDS as a disability; bioethics; HIV/AIDS as it relates to children and families; HIV/AIDS in the workplace; criminal law and corrections. The ever-important liability issues in HIV/AIDS are given a special emphasis, as they raise particular concern for the human services in dealing with this client constituency. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Donald DicksonPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Imprint: AldineTransaction Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.450kg ISBN: 9780202361284ISBN 10: 0202361284 Pages: 198 Publication Date: 31 October 2001 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviews-For social work practitioners who want a very general overview of how laws intersect with HIV/AIDS services, this excellent text provides just the kind of brief summary of laws that they will find useful. It encapsulates legal issues and gives guidance to trends in laws from a national perspective... What this text does well is to summarize general laws relative to various topics where social policy and social work practice intersects in the HIV/AIDS arena. It suggests that broader social policy (such as AIDS exceptionalism or public health protections) may guide the philosophy of the laws.- --Ronald J. Mancoske, Journal of Sociology & Social Work <p> For social work practitioners who want a very general overview of how laws intersect with HIV/AIDS services, this excellent text provides just the kind of brief summary of laws that they will find useful. It encapsulates legal issues and gives guidance to trends in laws from a national perspective... What this text does well is to summarize general laws relative to various topics where social policy and social work practice intersects in the HIV/AIDS arena. It suggests that broader social policy (such as AIDS exceptionalism or public health protections) may guide the philosophy of the laws. <p> --Ronald J. Mancoske, Journal of Sociology & Social Work -For social work practitioners who want a very general overview of how laws intersect with HIV/AIDS services, this excellent text provides just the kind of brief summary of laws that they will find useful. It encapsulates legal issues and gives guidance to trends in laws from a national perspective... What this text does well is to summarize general laws relative to various topics where social policy and social work practice intersects in the HIV/AIDS arena. It suggests that broader social policy (such as AIDS exceptionalism or public health protections) may guide the philosophy of the laws.- --Ronald J. Mancoske, Journal of Sociology & Social Work For social work practitioners who want a very general overview of how laws intersect with HIV/AIDS services, this excellent text provides just the kind of brief summary of laws that they will find useful. It encapsulates legal issues and gives guidance to trends in laws from a national perspective... What this text does well is to summarize general laws relative to various topics where social policy and social work practice intersects in the HIV/AIDS arena. It suggests that broader social policy (such as AIDS exceptionalism or public health protections) may guide the philosophy of the laws. --Ronald J. Mancoske, Journal of Sociology & Social Work For social work practitioners who want a very general overview of how laws intersect with HIV/AIDS services, this excellent text provides just the kind of brief summary of laws that they will find useful. It encapsulates legal issues and gives guidance to trends in laws from a national perspective... What this text does well is to summarize general laws relative to various topics where social policy and social work practice intersects in the HIV/AIDS arena. It suggests that broader social policy (such as AIDS exceptionalism or public health protections) may guide the philosophy of the laws. --Ronald J. Mancoske, Journal of Sociology & Social Work Author InformationDonald Dickson Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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