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This volume explores what has been learned about the AIDS pandemic after 20 years of research and clinical work. The book uses three focus areas (Scientific Gains Social Concerns, and Policy Implications) to explore how HIV/AIDS has transformed a number of distinct, albeit related, disciplines in health, medicine, science, politics, advocacy and law. The editors have assembled an outstanding group of authors who have focused on a variety of critically important topics, including: immunology, patterns of disease dissemination, the integration of medical, mental health and social services, clinical trials, ethical issues, drugs, women and social inequities, and privacy. "The Emergence of AIDS is a significant contribution to public health literature." Allen Rosenfield, MD Dean, Mailman School of Public Health