Synopsis
Contains many of the papers given at the 3rd conference on Social Aspects of AIDS which took place at South Bank Polytechnic in February 1989. The conference's themes emphasized the individual, cultural and policy dimensions of HIV disease.
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Most of the contributions were first presented at the 6th Conference on Social Aspects of AIDS in 1992, in London (most of the contributors are British). Fifteen papers address such issues as young men and safer heterosexual sex; characteristics and sources of casual sexual partners among gay and bisexual men; the use of indigenous interviewers to access hidden populations; responses to drug use; and anthropology and the culture of HIV/AIDS voluntary organizations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)