dc.description.abstract | (Scope Note 8, AIDS: Law, Ethics and Public Policy, was published in April 1988. This
updated bibliography was prepared at the National Reference Center for Bioethics
Literature (NRC), and first appeared in RSR: Reference Services Review 19(2): 59-75,
Summer 1991.)
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) of the US. Department of Health and
Human Services defines the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) as a
specific group of diseases or conditions which are indicative of severe
immunosuppression related to infection with the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV). | en |