AIDS, fear, and society : challenging the dreaded disease / / Kenneth J. Doka

• Autore: Doka Kenneth J.
• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC : , : Taylor & Francis, , 1997
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (206 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1/969792
• Soggetto topico: AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects; AIDS (Disease) - History; Epidemiology
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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; Leprosy ; SyphilisTuberculosis; 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 ; Controlling 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 ; AIDS 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 ; The Role of Public HealthThe Response of the Health Care System; Care for the Affected; Conclusion: Decathexizing the Epidemic; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
• Titolo autorizzato: AIDS, fear, and society
• ISBN: 1-135-91357-9; 1-315-06148-1; 1-135-91350-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910825236503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Series in death education, aging, and health care.