A subject-specific encyclopedia (or encyclopedic set) is a single (or multi-volume) reference work that provides background information on a more specialized discipline.
More than 130 articles explain what HIV is and how it progresses to AIDS, what treatments are availible, social and political issues, AIDS organizations, and much more. Also discussed are AIDS statistics from around the world as well as cultural issues in different regions that affect transmission and treatment of the disease.
Aimed at the non-specialist reader interested in health and medicinal issues, it examines a broad range of topics such as environmental health, drug abuse, epidemiology, nutrition, demographics and diseases.