AIDS & Society covers the broad range of HIV- and AIDS-related issues as they have impacted and changed human society throughout the world, including politics and governmental policy, health care treatment, family life, dating and sex practices, sex education, and much more. It explains how AIDS and HIV take their toll on familial, regional, and global economies in many ways; how the stigma of having AIDS/HIV permeates societies; and how education and treatment are necessary in all segments of society and throughout the world.