AIDS & HIV Books

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11. The End of Stigma?

    Changes in the Social Experience of Long-Term Illness

    By Gill Green

    This innovative book investigates the roots of contemporary experiences of stigma, throwing new light on the phenomenon by examining a variety of long-term conditions. Behaviour, lifestyle and identity are no longer the results of mass-production by social class and nation, but increasingly the...

    Published February 8th 2009 by Routledge
12. HIV/AIDS: Global Frontiers in Prevention/Intervention

    By Cynthia Pope, Renee T. White, Robert Malow

    HIV/AIDS: Global Frontiers in Prevention/Intervention provides a comprehensive overview of the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. The unique anthology addresses cutting-edge issues in HIV/AIDS research, policymaking, and advocacy. Key features include: · Nine original essays from leading scholars in...

    Published September 22nd 2008 by Routledge
13. Black Women's Risk for HIV

    Rough Living

    By Quinn Gentry

    An inside look at the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on poor African American women Black Women’s Risk for HIV: Rough Living is a valuable look into the structural and behavioral factors in high-risk environments—specifically inner-city neighborhoods like the “Rough&...

    Published October 30th 2007 by Routledge
14. HIV in South Africa

    Talking about the big thing

    By Corinne Squire

    Winner of the Sociology of Health and Illness Book Prize 2008 Of approximately 37 million HIV positive people in the world, 24.7 million live in sub-Saharan Africa and about 5..5 million in South Africa. Despite its relatively powerful economy and infrastructure, South Africa has been dramatically...

    Published July 30th 2007 by Routledge
15. HIV, Substance Abuse, and Communication Disorders in Children

    By R. Dennis Shelby, Robert M. Screen

    Make sure every child gets a chance to be heardHIV, Substance Abuse and Communication Disorders in Children examines the language problems of young children from special populations. Essential as a textbook for graduate and upper-level undergraduate studies and as a reference resource, this unique...

    Published January 18th 2007 by Routledge
16. Culture, Society and Sexuality

    A Reader

    Edited by Richard Parker, Peter Aggleton

    Series: Sexuality, Culture and Health

    This new and revised edition of Culture, Society and Sexuality brings together and makes accessible a broad and international selection of readings to provide insights into the social, cultural, political and economic dimensions of sexuality and relationships, and emerging discourses around sexual...

    Published December 20th 2006 by Routledge
17. Sexual Cultures in East Asia

    The Social Construction of Sexuality and Sexual Risk in a Time of AIDS

    Edited by Evelyne Micollier

    Using case-studies from East and Southeast Asia, this book examines sexuality and AIDS-related sexual risk in the context of Asian cultures. It offers a complementary perspective, documented with sociological and anthropological data, to historical studies and looks at commercial sex work, kinship...

    Published November 12th 2003 by Routledge
18. A History of AIDS Social Work in Hospitals

    A Daring Response to an Epidemic

    By Barbara I Willinger, Alan Rice

    Explore the in-hospital evolution of social work with HIV/AIDS patients!A History of AIDS Social Work in Hospitals: A Daring Response to an Epidemic presents first-hand historical perspectives from frontline hospital social workers who cared for HIV/AIDS patients during the epidemic’s...

    Published October 8th 2003 by Routledge
19. HIV and AIDS

    By K.E. Nye, J.M. Parkin

    A comprehensive account of HIV and AIDS, the management of the disease and potential vaccines. This book is essential reading for medical students and clinicians, and of major interest to students and researchers in the life sciences....

    Published June 4th 2003 by Garland Science
20. Hotel Ritz¿Comparing Mexican and U.S. Street Prostitutes

    Factors in HIV/AIDS Transmission

    By R Dennis Shelby, David J Bellis

    Explore ways to reduce the rate of HIV infection in street prostitutes--and the inescapable connection between the heroin trade, prostitution, and HIV!This unique book draws on face-to-face interviews that the author conducted on the streets, with heroin-addicted street prostitutes in Southern...

    Published March 5th 2003 by Routledge