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and shaking hands with constituents is
far from reality. The more modern view
of Congress is a “fund-raising Congress.”
Lessig compares current Congressmen
to “junkies” addicted to raising funds for
their next campaign.

His arguments are enough to turn
the stomachs of unassuming Americans
across our great nation. After he has finished turning stomachs, he then induces
the desire for change.

There are several Thoreau references
throughout the book, motivating the
reader to strike at the root of evil, which
he views as campaign corruption. Republic,
Lost is an insightful book for the average
American hungry for change. Lessig aims
to inspire the reader to be “rootstrikers”
and take down this current corruption in
Congress.
Reviewed by Alissa A. Lennon, MSW, graduate of the University of South Dakota.
Social Work With HIV & AIDS: A CaseBased Guide, by Diana Rowan and contributors, Lyceum Books, Chicago, IL, 2013, 576
pages, $59.95 paperback.

Rowan has drawn together contributors from academia, agency administration, and front-line case management
to create this guide. She describes it as
suitable for classes on medical social work
and social work with populations-at-risk,
as well as a reference for service providers. I agree with her assessment of the
book’s utility in all respects.

The book’s 17 chapters are divided
into four topical sections. The first section (Chapters 1 through 3) addresses
the current state of practice (Chapter 1)
and the history of social work with HIV
and AIDS as a stage to explore setting
the next agenda for practice (Chapter 3).
The second chapter reports an extensive
conversation between Rowan and Alan
Rice, a social worker with 28 years of
experience working with HIV and AIDS.
The chapter is conversational in tone and
provides a comprehensive glimpse into
one social worker’s experience on the
front lines of AIDS social work across
most of the history of the crisis.

The second section comprises six
chapters, each addressing a specific
population group. Chapters 4 through
8, respectively, address HIV and AIDS
among African Americans, Latinos, men
who have sex with men (MSM), adolescents and young adults, and persons over

age 50. Chapter 9 explores the “ripple
effect” of HIV and AIDS spreading
concentrically outward from the person
infected with HIV to families, friends, and
communities. Rather than let this devolve
into platitudes about “connectedness,” the
authors focus primarily on interventions
across practice levels.

The third section (Chapters 10
through 15) is oriented around practice
responses. Chapters in this section address
case management (Chapter 10), medical
care for HIV and AIDS (Chapter 11), and
medication adherence issues (Chapter
13). Other chapters deal with some of the
more emotionally-charged topics: sex
and drugs (Chapter 12), spirituality and
religion (Chapter 14), and work with the
“Black Faith Community” (Chapter 15).
These chapters have achieved an appropriate balance between sensitivity and
frankness, though they may still present a
challenge for those students accustomed
to more concrete thought.

The last section (Chapters 16 and
17) addresses policy responses. Chapter
16 examines housing policy for people
living with HIV and AIDS, and Chapter
17 looks at both the history and the current changes taking place in U.S. AIDS
policy, e.g., the Ryan White CARE Act
and the AIDS Drug Assistance Program.
Readers will find the portion of the
chapter devoted to the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act (PPACA—the
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