03208nam 2200697Ia 450 991017225370332120200520144314.01-135-35792-71-135-35793-51-280-32856-80-203-13552-00-203-17022-9978661032856710.4324/9780203135525(CKB)1000000000254618(EBL)165728(OCoLC)48138984(SSID)ssj0000147060(PQKBManifestationID)11137569(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147060(PQKBWorkID)10009419(PQKB)10978531(MiAaPQ)EBC165728(Au-PeEL)EBL165728(CaPaEBR)ebr10054072(CaONFJC)MIL32856(EXLCZ)99100000000025461820001218d2000 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe endangered self managing the social risks of HIV /Gill Green and Elisa J. Sobo1st ed.London Routledge20001 online resource (247 p.)Health, risk and societyDescription based upon print version of record.1-85728-910-2 1-85728-909-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Identity, social risk, and AIDS: what's the connection?; Dangerous identities: stigmas and stories; The landscape of risk: danger, identity, and HIV; Settings and methods; Living with HIV: coping with a new status; Telling; The danger of disclosure; Reported reactions in health care settings; Disclosure in sexual settings: identifying the issues; Reported reactions in sexual settings: our findings; Risk and reality: the social situation; Seropositivity, identity, and social risk; Bibliography; IndexTo date, the majority of HIV/AIDS research has concentrated on education and prevention for those with a seronegative status, while studies of HIV positive individuals have been concerned with their potential to infect others. The Endangered Self however, focuses on how the discovery of an HIV positive status affects the individual's sense of identity, on the experience of living with HIV and its effects on the individual's social relationships. In this comparative study of the UK and US, Green and Sobo explore identity change and the stigma attached to an HIV positive status within tHealth, risk and society.HIV (Viruses)Social aspectsAIDS (Disease)Social aspectsHIV-positive personsPsychologyHIV (Viruses)Social aspects.AIDS (Disease)Social aspects.HIV-positive personsPsychology.362.1969792Green Gill1287910Sobo Elisa Janine1963-934941MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910172253703321The endangered self4203900UNINA