The Rights of People Who Are HIV Positive: The Basic ACLU Guide to the Rights of People Living with HIV Disease and AIDS

by William Rubenstein

First and foremost, HIV disease presents a profound medical problem affecting a person's health and longevity. Yet health and health care cannot be viewed outside of the social context. We cannot, William B. Rubenstein, Ruth Eisenberg, and Lawrence O. Gostin insist, lose sight of the fact that the questions involved in living with HIV disease are often human rights issues that are negotiated through the legal system. Can a hospital refuse to treat...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809319926
• ISBN13: 9780809319923
• Release Date: December 1996
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"