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Author: National Academy of Sciences Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309036992 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 393
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This volume examines the complex medical, social, ethical, financial, and scientific problems arising from the AIDS epidemic and offers dozens of public policy and research recommendations for an appropriate national response to this dread disease.
Author: National Academy of Sciences Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309036992 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 393
Book Description
This volume examines the complex medical, social, ethical, financial, and scientific problems arising from the AIDS epidemic and offers dozens of public policy and research recommendations for an appropriate national response to this dread disease.
Author: National Research Council Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309046289 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 337
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Europe's "Black Death" contributed to the rise of nation states, mercantile economies, and even the Reformation. Will the AIDS epidemic have similar dramatic effects on the social and political landscape of the twenty-first century? This readable volume looks at the impact of AIDS since its emergence and suggests its effects in the next decade, when a million or more Americans will likely die of the disease. The Social Impact of AIDS in the United States addresses some of the most sensitive and controversial issues in the public debate over AIDS. This landmark book explores how AIDS has affected fundamental policies and practices in our major institutions, examining: How America's major religious organizations have dealt with sometimes conflicting values: the imperative of care for the sick versus traditional views of homosexuality and drug use. Hotly debated public health measures, such as HIV antibody testing and screening, tracing of sexual contacts, and quarantine. The potential risk of HIV infection to and from health care workers. How AIDS activists have brought about major change in the way new drugs are brought to the marketplace. The impact of AIDS on community-based organizations, from volunteers caring for individuals to the highly political ACT-UP organization. Coping with HIV infection in prisons. Two case studies shed light on HIV and the family relationship. One reports on some efforts to gain legal recognition for nonmarital relationships, and the other examines foster care programs for newborns with the HIV virus. A case study of New York City details how selected institutions interact to give what may be a picture of AIDS in the future. This clear and comprehensive presentation will be of interest to anyone concerned about AIDS and its impact on the country: health professionals, sociologists, psychologists, advocates for at-risk populations, and interested individuals.
Author: Carolyn Baylies Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1135434085 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 243
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While there is a growing list of publications devoted to the AIDS epidemic, Africa, with two-thirds of the world's cases, still receives scant attention. This book may change the way we think about AIDS and how it is being addressed in Africa and the rest of the world. The book draws on first-hand research and in-depth investigations carried out by a team of researchers from Britain, Zambia and Tanzania, and focuses on the gendered aspect of the struggle against AIDS. The authors study the severity of the epidemic and the threat it poses to the population and society in Tanzania and Zambia. They argue that the success of strategies against the spread of AIDS in Africa rests on their recognition of existing gendered power relations and that this success might be enhanced if the strategies are built on existing organisational skills and practices, especially among women. Their conclusions have repercussions for all countries around the world, and especially the rest of Africa.
Author: John Cleland Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1135345384 Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 264
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Based on the findings of a research project conducted by the World Health Organisation, this book contains unpublished material on AIDS-related knowledge and sexual behaviour in countries in Africa, Asia and South America, including: Cote d'Ivoire; Kenya; Lesotho; Mauritius; Tanzania; Sri Lanka; Singapore; Thailand and Brazil. The book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of the findings from 16 key surveys in the original research programme, the aim of which was to identify baseline levels of sexual and other risk behaviours. The text is intended to be of use to a wide range of readers, including those working in health education, social and behavioural research, anthropology, social medicine and sexual behaviour research.
Author: Alan Whiteside Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA ISBN: 0192806920 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 169
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Providing an introduction to HIV/AIDS, this book explains the science, the international and local politics, the demographics and the devastating consequences of the disease. This book is aimed at general readers interested in the science, the epidemiology and the social effects of the disease which has killed 20 million.
Author: Douglas A. Feldman Publisher: Praeger ISBN: Category : Health & Fitness Languages : en Pages : 296
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A collection of original papers on the nature of AIDS social research. It brings together anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists and public health researchers to consider the methodologicl, empirical and conceptual aspects of AIDS, focusing specifically on the social facets of the problem.
Author: Peter Aggleton Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1136614419 Category : Medical Languages : en Pages : 298
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First Published in 1989. In November 1987, the second U K Conference on Social Aspects of AIDS took place at the Polytechnic of the South Bank in London. This brought together a wide range of researchers with an interest in examining the social dimensions of HIV infection and AIDS. Amongst those present were educationalists, psychologists, sociologists and anthropologists, as well as representatives from statutory and voluntary sector organizations providing services for those affected by AIDS. This book contains many of the papers given at the conference as well as a number of additional contributions.
Author: National Academy of Sciences
Author: National Academy of Sciences
Author: National Research Council
Author: Dennis Altman
Author: Carolyn Baylies
Author: John Cleland
Author: Alan Whiteside
Author: Alex de Waal
Author: Douglas A. Feldman
Author: Harriet Deacon
Author: Peter Aggleton