Publisher's Synopsis
This is the first edition for Little, Brown of a book originally published in 1990 by the Massachusetts Medical Society. It provides full discussion of the medical, ethical, legal, social, political, and fiscal implications of AIDS. The emphasis is on clinical medicine, and the information is geared to physicians and allied health care professionals concerned with the rapidly evolving care of people with HIV.;The book is divided into major topical sections with nearly 200 chapters and contains over 200 charts, tables and photographs highlighting key topics.