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The Social Impact of AIDS in the United States
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Panel on Monitoring the Social Impact of the AIDS Epidemic, National Research Council

An epidemic is both a medical and a social occurrence. Medically, it is the appearance of a serious, often fatal, disease in numbers far greater than normal. Socially, it is an event that disrupts the life of a community and causes uncertainty, fear, blame, and flight. The etymology of the word itself suggests the broader, social meaning: epi demos, in ancient Greek, means ''upon the people or …

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0-309-58386-1
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