Discrimination has grown over the years to become a major problem around the world. There are many different issues addressed by discrimination; one of the main issues concerns HIV/AIDS. Many people infected with the disease are discriminated against due to a situation over which they have no control after diagnosis. In several cases, ambulance workers do not transport AIDS patients to the hospital, and funeral home employees refuse to handle the bodies of deceased AIDS victims. Firefighters in various communities across the United States use a special plastic shield when performing mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Do AIDS victims have to deal with these life-threatening conditions along with the premise of already suffering from a fatal disease? Although homosexual and bisexual men remain the primary AIDS risk group in the United States, the list of AIDS victims includes infants and happily married heterosexual couples. Yet homosexual and bisexual men are still the most responsible for the spread of the disease. All victims of the AIDS virus totally suffer its effect of discrimination. The main question is what are the ethical responses, within the law, in the management of AIDS victims in our hospitals, schools, prisons and in their eligibility for health insurance. Even before HIV/AIDS first appeared in the United States in 1980. -1981, homosexuals were highly stigmatized in American society. Already existing homophobia was only exacerbated by the fact that the vast majority of people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS during the early years of the epidemic were homosexual men (so… half the paper…). .blic Health: Emerging Issues in HIV Treatment Adherence." Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 10.6 (1999): 24-32. Print. Kubler-Ross, Elizabeth. AIDS: The Ultimate Challenge. New York: Scribner Paper Fiction, 1997. 330-348. Print.Norval, D A. "Symptoms and sites of pain experienced by AIDS patients." SAMJ 94.6 (2004): Web 22 June 2011. , A. David Paltiel, Elena Losina, Lauren M. Mercincavage and Paul E. Sax "Survival Benefits of AIDS Treatment in the United States." Journal of Infectious Diseases 194.1 (2006): 11-19 Zhang. “HIV/AIDS-Related Discrimination in Health Care Service: A Cross-Sectional Study in Gejiu City, Yunnan Province.” Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 21. (2008): 124-128.