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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464335003321

Titolo

AIDS : principles, practices & politics / / edited by Inge B. Corless, Mary Pittman-Lindeman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-317-82372-9

1-315-82072-2

1-317-82373-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (498 p.)

Collana

Death Education, Aging and Health Care

Altri autori (Persone)

CorlessInge B

PittmanMary

Disciplina

616.97/92

616.9792

Soggetti

AIDS (Disease)

AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published in 1989 by Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Surgeon General's Report on AIDS; 2 Epidemic Control Measures for AIDS: A Psychosocial and Historical Discussion of Policy Alternatives; 3 The Treatment of People with AIDS: Psychosocial Considerations; 4 Development of AIDS Awareness: A Personal History; 5 Literature and AIDS: The Varieties of Love; 6 Women with AIDS: Sexual Ethics in an Epidemic; 7 An Ethics of Compassion, a Language of Division: Working out the AIDS Metaphors; 8 AIDS Overview; 9 Treatment Issues in AIDS

10 Choosing Therapies11 The New Death among IV Drug Users; 12 The Patient with AIDS: Care and Concerns; 13 Children with AIDS; 14 Public Schools Confront AIDS; 15 Individual Education Programs for AIDS Control; 16 The Malignant Metaphor: A Political Thanatology of AIDS; 17 Impact of the AIDS Epidemic on the Gay Political Agenda; 18 Creative Acceptance: An Ethics for AIDS; 19 AIDS: Seventh Rank Absolute; Index

Sommario/riassunto

First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an



informa company.