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AIDS : opposing viewpoints / Michael D. Biskup, book editor, ; Karin L. Swisher, book editor.

Contributor(s): Biskup, Michael D, 1956- | Swisher, Karin, 1966-.
Material type: TextTextSeries: Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered): Publisher: San Diego, CA : Greenhaven Press, c1992Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-208) and index.Description: 215 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 0899081908 (lib.); 0899081657 (pbk.).Subject(s): AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects | AIDS (Disease) -- Juvenile literature | Critical thinking -- Juvenile literature | AIDS (Disease)DDC classification: 362.1/969792
Contents:
AIDS is a serious problem for heterosexuals / William B. Johnston & Kevin Hopkins -- AIDS is not a serious problem for heterosexuals / Michael Fumento -- AIDS is a serious problem for women / Antonia C. Novello -- AIDS is not a serious problem for women / Melanie Scarborough -- AIDS is a moral issue / Joseph Sobran -- AIDS is not a moral issue / Timothy F. Murphy -- AIDS is God's punishment / Donna Ferentes -- AIDS is not God's punishment / Roberto Gonzalez -- Health care workers should be tested for HIV / William E. Dannemeyer & Sanford F. Kuvin --
Health care workers should not be tested for HIV / Evan Wolfson & Otis Damslet -- Contact tracing would help control AIDS / Ralph Dittman -- Contact tracing would not help control AIDS / Glenn C. Graber & Caroline R. Graber -- Mandatory testing of high-risk infants is necessary / Barbara Ruhe Grumet -- Mandatory testing of high-risk infants is unnecessary / American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Pediatric AIDS -- Condom use will help prevent AIDS / Sara Nelson -- Condom use will not help prevent AIDS / Don Feder & Ray Kerrison -- Needle-exchange programs can prevent AIDS / Claudia Morain --
Needle-exchange programs will not prevent AIDS / Bonnie Shullenberger -- Educating teenagers about AIDS can help stop its spread / Andy Humm & Frances Kunreuther -- Abstinence will prevent AIDS / Ken Sidey -- AZT is an effective AIDS treatment / Richard D. Moore ... [et al.] --AZT is not an effective AIDS treatment / John Lauritsen -- Positive thinking may help treat AIDS / John G. Bartlett & Ann K. Finkbeiner --Changing dietary habits may help treat AIDS / Kirk Johnson -- Oriental medicine can help treat AIDS / Heidi Ziolkowski.
Summary: Includes articles that present different viewpoints on such aspects of AIDS as the seriousness of the problem, moral issues, prevention, and treatment. Includes critical thinking activities.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 206-208) and index.

AIDS is a serious problem for heterosexuals / William B. Johnston & Kevin Hopkins -- AIDS is not a serious problem for heterosexuals / Michael Fumento -- AIDS is a serious problem for women / Antonia C. Novello -- AIDS is not a serious problem for women / Melanie Scarborough -- AIDS is a moral issue / Joseph Sobran -- AIDS is not a moral issue / Timothy F. Murphy -- AIDS is God's punishment / Donna Ferentes -- AIDS is not God's punishment / Roberto Gonzalez -- Health care workers should be tested for HIV / William E. Dannemeyer & Sanford F. Kuvin --

Health care workers should not be tested for HIV / Evan Wolfson & Otis Damslet -- Contact tracing would help control AIDS / Ralph Dittman -- Contact tracing would not help control AIDS / Glenn C. Graber & Caroline R. Graber -- Mandatory testing of high-risk infants is necessary / Barbara Ruhe Grumet -- Mandatory testing of high-risk infants is unnecessary / American Academy of Pediatrics Task Force on Pediatric AIDS -- Condom use will help prevent AIDS / Sara Nelson -- Condom use will not help prevent AIDS / Don Feder & Ray Kerrison -- Needle-exchange programs can prevent AIDS / Claudia Morain --

Needle-exchange programs will not prevent AIDS / Bonnie Shullenberger -- Educating teenagers about AIDS can help stop its spread / Andy Humm & Frances Kunreuther -- Abstinence will prevent AIDS / Ken Sidey -- AZT is an effective AIDS treatment / Richard D. Moore ... [et al.] --AZT is not an effective AIDS treatment / John Lauritsen -- Positive thinking may help treat AIDS / John G. Bartlett & Ann K. Finkbeiner --Changing dietary habits may help treat AIDS / Kirk Johnson -- Oriental medicine can help treat AIDS / Heidi Ziolkowski.

Includes articles that present different viewpoints on such aspects of AIDS as the seriousness of the problem, moral issues, prevention, and treatment. Includes critical thinking activities.

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