Edited by Howard Minkoff, Jack A. DeHovitz, and Ann Duerr. 328 pp. New York, Raven Press, 1995. $98. ISBN 0-7817-0236-4.
Women account for about half the adults infected with the humanimmunodeficiency virus (HIV) throughout the world. In addition,women are affected by the HIV epidemic, as mothers, wives, companions,and providers of care to those infected by the virus. However,in almost every society women have fewer rights and opportunitiesthan men. Poor women, who have been affected disproportionallyin the epidemic, have even more restrictions on their livesthan other women. This excellent book provides advice to cliniciansabout how to care for HIV-infected women in the context of theresponsibilities, restraints, and often limited resources ofthese . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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