Students get a broad-minded look at such subjects as: how people become infected with HIV, and who is at most risk, attitudes toward the virus and how people come to terms with it, ways of preventing and treating HIV/AIDS. Using the actual words of people with direct experience, expert views and statistics, useful graphs and eye-catching photographs, this volume brings this much-talked about disease into a clearer perspective. Includes full-color photographs, time line, glossary, resources, and index. 46 pages.
