A medical doctor examines the cultural forces behind the HIV epidemic and provides a provocative argument that even with effective science, people will not be able to stop AIDS without making major... This description may be from another edition of this product.
This is an excellent book that would benefit society as a whole, if, as another reader mentioned, the leaders of the world read it. His book has intruiging and compelling arguments on several present day issues.
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This book should be a "must read" for all of our elected officials, clergy and health care workers. It lends rational views as to why we NEED to "alcoholize" our presently illegal drugs. The book gives an interesting, easy to read history of past epidemics from the beginning of written history, and how the various cultures and societies dealt with them. A fascinating review of the syphilis epidemic in this century reveals the flaws in our present methods of controlling the AIDS epidemic.
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