Sex, Drugs, and the Continuing Spread of AIDS

by James A. Inciardi and Clyde B. McCoy

Book Overview

The book covers the nature and origins of AIDS, its social dimensions and impact on people and institutions, and alternatives for reducing the continuing spread of the disease. McCoy and Inciardi offer a breadth of perspectives on important issues from a wide array of sources--without pitting these viewpoints against each other. The chapters largely follow the chronology of the AIDS epidemic.

Written in plain English, the book's direct, illustrative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195329708
• ISBN13: 9780195329704
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Good resource, even if you've been 'in the field' for years.

As someone who has been researching the relationships among HIV/AIDS, drug use, and sex for nearly 10 years, I approached McCoy and Inciardi's work skeptical that it would offer substantially new insight or information. I was pleasantly surprised. The authors have assembled an impressive array of information which is seldom available outside of scholarly journals. Moreover, their volume is not only interesting and informative, but also highly readable. In sum, both the experienced practitioner and the "green" undergraduate will gain greatly from reading this book. I heartily recommend it