AIDS and the Law

AIDS and the Law provides comprehensive coverage of the complex legal issues, as well as the underlying medical and scientific issues, surrounding the HIV epidemic. Covering a broad range of legal fields from employment to health care to housing and privacy rights, this essential resource provides thorough up-to-date coverage of a rapidly changing area of law. The Fifth Edition of AIDS and the Law has been updated to include: - Updates regarding medical advancements in treating and preventing HIV, including pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Analysis of the FDA's revised recommendations for blood donations from men who have sex with men
- Synthesized and streamlined analysis of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008
- Comprehensive discussion of housing protections for people living with HIV
- Updates regarding the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, including the revised Strategy released in 2015
- Important developments regarding the U.S. government's treatment of HIV-positive immigrants
- Discussion of the Affordable Care Act's anti-discrimination provisions for people living with HIV
- Overview of new international and foreign protections for people living with HIV
- Information on navigating the many public benefit regimes potentially available to people living with HIV
- Detailed discussion regarding protections for prisoners living with HIV, including new case law forbidding segregation