The Social Welfare of Women and Children with HIV and AIDS: Legal Protections, Policy, and Programs

by Theodore, J. Stein and Theodore J. Stein

Book Overview

Although AIDS was originally viewed as a disease afflicting only homosexual men and intravenous drug users, HIV infection is now rising most rapidly among heterosexual women. Present estimates show that pediatric AIDS cases have also increased: there are approximately 20,000 children with AIDS in the United States alone. As the disease continues to spread, most rapidly among women and racial minorities, social workers and other service providers are...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195109422
• ISBN13: 9780195109429
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"