NCJ Number
109115
Date Published
1987
Length
624 pages
Annotation
This resource manual provides a variety of reprints, survey summaries, judicial decisions, articles, and policy statements relevant to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in the workplace.
Abstract
Medical materials examine the epidemiology of AIDS, its cause, transmission, prevention, and costs. Municipal, State, and Federal legislation related to AIDS is surveyed in the areas of housing and employment discrimination, bathhouse operation, confidentiality, insurance coverage of seropositive individuals, and other civil and human rights issues, including those related to State handicap laws and the Vocational Rehabilitation Act. Judicial decisions relating primarily to right to treatment and discrimination in employment, education, housing, and insurance also are provided. AIDS prevention guidelines and policy statements for a variety of public- and private-sector organizations are provided. Finally four articles examine medical, employment, and legal issues relating to AIDS. 33-item periodical bibliography and an approximately 150-item legal bibliography.