Learning by Heart

by David L. Kirp

Book Overview

(From Publishers Weekly)School-age children who carry the AIDS virus present unique problems. This collection of linked narratives describes reactions from school boards, community leaders, health professionals and state legislatures that range from demands for exclusion from schools to acceptance. Beginning with the widely publicized case of Ryan White in Kokomo, Ind., in 1985, the cases reviewed here through 1987, in urban and rural communities,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813513960
• ISBN13: 9780813513966
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.