Medical / AIDS & HIV

There Is an Answer

by Luis Cortes

HIV/AIDS is a scary subject. Not only can it destroy a body but it can also destroy a family, friendships, and even a community. Nobody likes to talk about it, but ignoring the problem won't make it go away....

Loving God and Others: The Heart of True Faith

by Kay Arthur, David Lawson & Bj Lawson

What Does God Really Want from You?

It’s easy to get confused about how to please God. One Bible teacher details a long list of the commands you should be keeping. The next teacher says only grace matters....

AIDS and Governance

by Nana K. Poku & Alan Whiteside

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is showing scant signs of slowing down; its political impact varies greatly and is difficult to map. Providing an incisive study of the global plague that threatens existing social, economic...

The Global HIV Epidemics among People Who Inject Drugs

by Arin Dutta & Andrea Wirtz

People who inject drugs (PWID) are at higher risk for acquiring HIV infection than the general population in many countries. Injecting drug use is present in 148 countries including a wide array of low and middle...

Social Work Health and International Development

by Serge Dumont & Myreille St-Onge

Sharpen your social work in health care knowledge and skills

Social Work, Health, and International Development: Compassion in Social Policy and Practice presents leading international experts from a range of...

HIV and AIDS

by Scientific American Editors

On June 5, 1981, the scientific community received a wake-up call from the CDC regarding a terrible and mysterious new illness that caused immune system failure. A year passed before it had a name: AIDS. Reported...

HIV/AIDS and the Drug Culture: Shattered Lives

by Joan Gormley & Elizabeth Hagan

In this startling new collection of case studies entitled HIV/AIDS and the Drug Culture: Shattered Lives, you'll take an eye-opening and informative look at the lifestyle and culture of the HIV/AIDS intravenous...

Sexually Transmitted Diseases: Vaccines, Prevention, and Control

by Lawrence R. Stanberry & Susan L Rosenthal

The last decade has seen a huge amount of change in the area of sexually transmitted infection control and prevention, including the development of high-profile vaccines for preventing the spread of cervical...

Taking Away the Distance: A Young Orphan's Journey and the AIDS Epidemic in Africa Crusade to Unite Children Orphaned by the E

by Miles Roston & Archbishop Desmond Tutu

In this emotional story of hope and inspiration, an African boy, orphaned by AIDS becomes a catalyst for AIDS orphans worldwide. Living in a shantytown in Kenya, Kevin Sumba's life was one of loneliness and...

The Promise of Welfare Reform: Political Rhetoric and the Reality of Poverty in the Twenty-First Century

by Elizabeth Segal

Find out how—and why—legislation has made economic rights more important than human rights

Since 1996, politicians and public officials in the United States have celebrated the “success” of welfare reform...

The Invisible People: How the U.S. Has Slept Through the Global AIDS Pan

by Greg Behrman

The Invisible People is a revealing and at times shocking look inside the United States's response to one of the greatest catastrophes the world has ever known -- the global AIDS crisis. A true story of politics,...