LEADER 04476oam 2200649I 450 001 9910825236503321 005 20230207220227.0 010 $a1-135-91357-9 010 $a1-315-06148-1 010 $a1-135-91350-1 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315061481 035 $a(CKB)3710000000106426 035 $a(EBL)1683696 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001194921 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11709053 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001194921 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11154461 035 $a(PQKB)11670005 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1683696 035 $a(OCoLC)855686364 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000106426 100 $a20180706d1997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAIDS, fear, and society $echallenging the dreaded disease /$fKenneth J. Doka 210 1$aWashington, DC :$cTaylor & Francis,$d1997. 215 $a1 online resource (206 p.) 225 1 $aSeries in Death Education, Aging and Health Care,$x0275-3510 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-56032-681-6 311 $a1-56032-248-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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; Leprosy 327 $aSyphilisTuberculosis; 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 Disease 327 $aControlling 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 AIDS 327 $aAIDS 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 System 327 $aThe Role of Public HealthThe Response of the Health Care System; Care for the Affected; Conclusion: Decathexizing the Epidemic; Bibliography; Index 330 $aFirst Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. 410 0$aSeries in death education, aging, and health care. 606 $aAIDS (Disease)$xSocial aspects 606 $aAIDS (Disease)$xHistory 606 $aEpidemiology 615 0$aAIDS (Disease)$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aAIDS (Disease)$xHistory. 615 0$aEpidemiology. 676 $a362.1/969792 700 $aDoka$b Kenneth J.$0876232 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825236503321 996 $aAIDS, fear, and society$94111832 997 $aUNINA