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(Studies in Surgery. Vol. 1.) Edited by J.P.S. Cochrane and C. Wastell. 82 pp. London, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1992. £12. ISBN 0-902166-05-0.

This brief book contains 12 articles presented at a one-day conference on HIV and surgical care sponsored by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1991. The topics covered include epidemiology, counseling, testing, sterilization, clinical presentation, and universal precautions. We learn from the book that in England AIDS remains concentrated in the London area and that 75 percent of HIV-infected persons are male homosexuals. The prevalence of AIDS is 10 times lower in England than in the United States, but it has risen rapidly in the past two years.

Except for those statistics, there are few new empirical data . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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