The family and HIV today [[electronic resource] ] : recent research and practice / / [edited by] Robert Bor and Jonathan Elford

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, NY, : Cassell, 1998
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.1969792
• Soggetto topico: HIV infections - Social aspects; AIDS (Disease) - Social aspects
• Altri autori: BorRobert ElfordJonathan
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION: THE FAMILY AND HIV; DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; PARTNERS; PARENTS AND CHILDREN; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: AIDS is not solely a medical issue but also has profound implications for social and family relationships. Traditionally when a person is ill, the family is seen to provide emotional, practical and social support. Experience has shown, however, that AIDS disrupts this conventional pattern of support. On the one hand AIDS, like any other serious illness, affects family members both from day to day and in the long term. What distinguishes AIDS from so many other illnesses is the associated social stigma and the fact that HIV may be transmissible, or may have been transmitted, within a relationsh
• Titolo autorizzato: The family and HIV today
• ISBN: 1-281-29146-3; 9786611291464; 1-84714-253-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910784814903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II