The AIDS crisis: a documentary history

History of HIV/AIDS

Origin of HIV/AIDS

An epidemic emerges

The shaping of public opinion

The impact of the epidemic

The situation in the United States

The global crisis

The epidemic takes its toll

HIV/AIDS within communities and populations

Teenagers

Women

Children

Injecting drug users

The gay community

Commercial sex workers

The homeless

Correctional facilities

Persons with hemophilia

AIDS in the developing world

The African pandemic

The growing crisis in Asia

AIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean

The human side of AIDS

The many faces of AIDS: first-person accounts

Psychosocial needs of persons with AIDS

The role of families, partners, and friends of people with AIDS

The role of health care providers and caregivers

The politics of AIDS

Community responses to the crisis

Political apathy

Activism

Education and behavioral change

Promoting awareness and education

Producing behavioral change

Legal and ethical issues

AIDS, the workplace, and the law

Ethics and AIDS policy

- The future of AIDS.