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Sex, work and professionalism : working in HIV/AIDS / / Katie Deverell



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Autore: Deverell Katie Visualizza persona
Titolo: Sex, work and professionalism : working in HIV/AIDS / / Katie Deverell Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2001
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina: 362.1/969792
362.1969792
Soggetto topico: AIDS (Disease) - Prevention - Social aspects
Health education - Social aspects
Public health personnel - Attitudes
Public health personnel - Sexual behavior
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [175]-190) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Sex, Work and Professionalism Working in HIV/AIDS; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Series editor's preface; Introduction; Part 1 Orientations; 1 Sex, work and professionalism: theoretical issues; 2 Reflexivity, identity and boundaries; 3 HIV prevention, gay communities and outreach work; Part 2 Why boundaries?; 4 Sex, sexuality and work; 5 The impact of work on personal life; Part 3 How boundaries are made; 6 Boundary work; 7 Professionalism and sexual identity; 8 Professionalism and work-life balance; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Sex, Work and Professionalism examines what happens when professional concern is defined in terms of sex. Based on original fieldwork with outreach workers in HIV prevention it addresses issues of professionalism, emotion work and boundaries, integrating empirical insights with sociological theory. In most professional relationships sex is not defined as part of the relationship, in fact it is explicitly excluded in guidelines and codes of ethics. HIV prevention outreach workers work in sexual environments with a sexually defined target group and are often employed on the basis
Titolo autorizzato: Sex, work and professionalism  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-56990-4
1-134-56991-2
0-585-45154-0
0-203-46789-2
1-280-31794-9
9786610317943
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 996217309903316
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Serie: Social aspects of AIDS.