Reflections on an epidemic

✍ Scribed by Stanley F. Schneider

• Book ID: 101358562
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 444 KB
• Volume: 18
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0090-4392
• DOI: 10.1002/1520-6629(199010)18:4<310::aid-jcop2290180403>3.0.co;2-m

✦ Synopsis

Several recommendations by a national science advisory body and the intentions of the Public Health Service regarding AIDS are reviewed, and their pertinence to community psychology is noted. The context of these statements is the metamorphosis of the AIDS epidemic and the public's reaction to it. The elements of surprise, continual change, and the need to plan for contingencies are threaded through a presentation of various aspects of the epidemic.

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