04476oam 2200649I 450 991080015920332120230207220227.01-135-91357-91-315-06148-11-135-91350-110.4324/9781315061481 (CKB)3710000000106426(EBL)1683696(SSID)ssj0001194921(PQKBManifestationID)11709053(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001194921(PQKBWorkID)11154461(PQKB)11670005(MiAaPQ)EBC1683696(OCoLC)855686364(EXLCZ)99371000000010642620180706d1997 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAIDS, fear, and society challenging the dreaded disease /Kenneth J. DokaWashington, DC :Taylor & Francis,1997.1 online resource (206 p.)Series in Death Education, Aging and Health Care,0275-3510Description based upon print version of record.1-56032-681-6 1-56032-248-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Nature, History, and Responses to Dreaded Diseases; Chapter 1 Crisis and Contagion; The Great Epidemics: An Overview; The Black Death or Bubonic Plague; Cholera; Typhus and Typhoid Fever; The Influenza Epidemic; Disease and Society; The Effects of Epidemics; Understanding Disease: The Limits of Science; Blame and Disease; Responses in Literature and Art; Responding to Disease: The Limits of Reason; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Shame and Stigma; The Shameful Stigmas; LeprosySyphilisTuberculosis; Cancer; Smallpox and Polio: On the Cusp; Blaming the Victim: The Connotation of Disease; Treating Disease; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Lessons Unlearned: The Dreaded Diseases in History; The Concept of a Dreaded Disease; The Definition of a Disease as Dread; The Implications of a Dreaded Disease; Conclusion; Part II AIDS: The Archetype of the Dreaded Diseases; Chapter 4 The Nature and Origin of AIDS; The Crisis Unfolds; The AIDS Panic; The Origin of AIDS; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Promises and Problems: The Medical Encounter with AIDS; AIDS as a Syndrome: The Nature of the DiseaseControlling the FuturePrevention and Testing; Vaccines; Cure and Treatment; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Policies, Politics, and Public Health; Perspectives from the Past; Current Responses to the HlV/AIDS Epidemic; The Cuban Response; Responses in the United States; The Bathhouse Debate; AIDS Education; Drug Prevention and AIDS; Regulation of Sexual Behavior; Mandatory Testing and Contact Tracing; Other Issues; The Religious Dimension; Political Debate; Conclusion; Chapter 7 AIDS as a Social Disease; AIDS in Africa: A Tale of Two Scenarios; A Negative Scenario: Africa Desolate Because of AIDSAIDS as a Turning Point: A Positive ScenarioThe Effects of AIDS in Africa; Africa: Model for the Third World?; AIDS in the West: Two American Scenarios; A Wedding: AIDS as a Force for Tolerance; The Sentence: AIDS and Homophobia; The Effects of the Epidemic in the United States; AIDS in Europe; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Creating a Humane Future; AIDS as an International Issue; Prevention; Creating the Context for Prevention: Research, Law, and Policy; Educational Strategies for Prevention; Education for Individuals at Risk; Testing; Care for the Infected; Creating a Humane SystemThe Role of Public HealthThe Response of the Health Care System; Care for the Affected; Conclusion: Decathexizing the Epidemic; Bibliography; IndexFirst Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.Series in death education, aging, and health care.AIDS (Disease)Social aspectsAIDS (Disease)HistoryEpidemiologyAIDS (Disease)Social aspects.AIDS (Disease)History.Epidemiology.362.1/969792 Doka Kenneth J.876232MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910800159203321AIDS, fear, and society3876980UNINA