Clearing the path to an AIDS vaccine: an important contribution

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Christine Grady successfully weaves together the history, science, policy problems and issues related to epidemiology, ethics, virology, vaccinology and clinical research in her book about the search for an AIDS vaccine. The book, an extraordinary achievement of elegant writing and lucid prose, enables readers of different backgrounds to understand the ethical issues surrounding the development of an AIDS vaccine in the 1990s.

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Negotiating an AIDS vaccine

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Christine Grady looks at the ethical issues surrounding the development and testing of an AIDS vaccine in her new book. Although her book remains a meaningful contribution, however, her analysis of ethical dilemmas is not as deep as one would have wished. Despite these, her suggestions regarding a community-based ethics consisting of town meetings, risk-benefit analysis and participation of community leaders are most welcome.

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Sociocultural correlates of HIV/AIDS-related stigma in rural Jamaica

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Hundred and ninety-five individuals from towns of Jamaica were surveyed and findings indicated that public health campaigns to reduce stigmatization must address individuals on the basis of their socio-demographic characteristics.

Public affairs, Jamaica, Social aspects, Analysis, Health promotion, Stigma (Social psychology), Discrimination against AIDS virus carriers, HIV carriers discrimination

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