Examines the moral and scientific issues that affect AIDS research, profiles scientists working in the field, and describes developments and discoveries.
The Native American author looks back upon his short time with Awee, the eleven-year-old boy with AIDS he took into his home on the Navajo reservation and cared for until his death.
Explores the nature of AIDS, its causes, ways of spreading, and effects on the lives of its victims, and discusses how misunderstanding of the disease may complicate the situation as it continues to spread.