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Informationen zum Autor Stuart Brody Klappentext A review of the scientific literature dealing with the transmission of AIDS and addressing the serious methodological problems in AIDS/HIV behavioural research as well as the tendentious political correctness that has done disservice to the science. Zusammenfassung Politicians, interest groups, and the mass media often answer questions about how AIDS is sexually transmitted as if heterosexual vaginal intercourse is a high-risk activity Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Lifetime Number of Sexual Partners 1. Overview and Sample Values 2. Methodological Issues 3. Biological Factors, Animal Research, and Sex Differences 4. Social and Cultural Factors 5. Behavioral Factors, Psychiatric Diagnosis, Pregnancy, and Sexual Practices 6. Conclusions and Recommendations Part 2: Frequency of Sexual Intercourse 7. Overview 8. Methodological Issues 9. Biological Factors 10. Social and Cultural Factors and National Differences 11. Behavioral Factors, Psychiatric Diagnosis, Pregnancy, and Sexual Practices 12. Conclusions and Methodological Recommendations Part 3: The Low AIDS Risk of Vaginal Intercourse 13. Epidemiology, Excess Mortality, and the Decreasing Incidence of AIDS 14. Heterosexual Anal Intercourse 15. Lying about Sexual and Drug Use History 16. Memory Problems 17. Lifetime Number of Sexual Partners, Frequency of Sexual Intercourse, Hygiene, Race, and AiDS 18. Africa and Other Third World Regions 19. Animal Models, Artificial Insemination, and Human HIV Subtypes 20. The Dubious Value of Condoms 21. Relative Risk and Relative Utility 22. Political Correctness versus Science 23. Conclusions
