{"product_id":"aids-and-the-policy-struggle-in-the-united-states-paperback","title":"AIDS and the Policy Struggle in the United States - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatricia D. Siplon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucid and compellingly written, Patricia Siplon has immersed herself in the history and ongoing firestorms of how AIDS policies are influenced, fought over, and enacted in the United States. \u003ci\u003eAIDS and the Policy Struggle in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e is equally as engrossing and as revealing in its own way as \u003ci\u003eAnd the Band Played On\u003c\/i\u003e. With an initial chapter that clearly follows the tangled historical string from the first realizations of a medical emergency to today's overwhelming worldwide epidemical crisis, she goes on to look at how medical treatments have changed and grown; how blood policies were formed; how value-based debates raged and continue to rage over prevention; how communities developed to first respond to the crisis, and later organized to fight for health care; and finally-now that AIDS is recognized for the global crisis it is-how foreign policy is being shaped.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInvaluable for activists and anyone involved in fighting for the humane treatment of people with HIV\/AIDS around the world, this is also an important and insightful guide to the how and what of public policy as it is fashioned out of the clay of U.S. democratic institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia D. Siplon\u003c\/b\u003e has written extensively on HIV\/AIDS, politics, and public policy, and is currently assistant professor in the Political Science Department, Saint Michael's College, Colchester, Vermont.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.52 x 9.08 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 14, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51782290800928,"sku":"9780878403783","price":107.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2e63f9dc1f3695d64ff7b9397e0f7496.webp?v=1780567211","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/aids-and-the-policy-struggle-in-the-united-states-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}