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31. AIDS in Europe

    New Challenges for the Social Sciences

    Edited by Peter Aggleton, Jean Paul Moatti, Annick Prieur, Theo Sandfort, Yves Souteyrand

    Series: Social Aspects of AIDS

    Major changes in the nature and dynamics of the AIDS epidemic over the last few years are reflected in changing epidemiological trends as well as in the progress made in biomedical research and treatment. AIDS in Europe brings together papers from leading social science researchers to look at the...

    Published February 2nd 2000 by Routledge
32. Rebuilding Communities

    Challenges for Group Work

    By Harvey Bertcher, Alice E Lamont, Linda Farris Kurtz

    Rebuilding Communities: Challenges for Group Work is a collection of research and information presented at the 18th Annual Symposium of the Association for the Advancement of Social Work with Groups. Social workers, students, educators, and practitioners will examine how group work can improve...

    Published August 17th 1999 by Routledge
33. Smearing the Queer

    Medical Bias in the Health Care of Gay Men

    By John Dececco, Phd, Michael Scarce

    Discover how gay men’s health care can be improved!Smearing the Queer: Medical Bias in the Health Care of Gay Men explores how social prejudices embedded in scientific research and practice often act as a detriment to gay men’s health. This book provides an agenda for addressing heterosexism in the...

    Published July 12th 1999 by Routledge
34. AIDS Capitation

    By George J Huba, David A Cherin

    Discover effective strategies for AIDS healthcare!You’ll definitely want to see what’s documented inside AIDS Capitation if you’re affiliated in any way with current efforts to bolster and improve healthcare policies and procedures for AIDS victims and their families. With this scholarly,...

    Published June 22nd 1999 by Routledge
35. AIDS and Development in Africa

    A Social Science Perspective

    By Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr

    AIDS and Development in Africa: A Social Science Perspective is the first book-length treatment of both the impact of AIDS in Africa and an assessment of intervention strategies in varying cultural situations. Developed from revised selected papers from the nineteenth Southern African Universities...

    Published May 12th 1999 by Routledge
36. Families and Communities Responding to AIDS

    Edited by Peter Aggleton, Peter Davies, Graham Hart

    Series: Social Aspects of AIDS

    All over the world, families and communities are key providers of care and support. This is particularly true in relation to serious illnesses such as HIV and AIDS. Yet families and communities can also stigmatize their members, leaving people to die in the most appalling conditions. This book...

    Published April 21st 1999 by Routledge
37. Somebody's Knocking at Your Door

    AIDS and the African-American Church

    By Harold G Koenig, Carole B Weatherford, Ronald J Weatherford

    Examining the black church’s response to AIDS, Somebody’s Knocking at Your Door: AIDS and the African-American Church analyzes sexual ethics and homophobia in the black church to provide pastors, social workers, and health professionals with intervention strategies for parishioners or members of...

    Published November 17th 1998 by Routledge
38. The Dutch Response To HIV

    Pragmatism and Consensus

    By Theo Sandfort

    The Netherlands' response to AIDS is widely regarded as well organized and effective. This is largely due to the timely response to the threat of the disease, with a prevention programme starting in 1982. This Dutch example provides an instructive case study for other countries with relevance for...

    Published June 29th 1998 by Routledge
39. Gendered Epidemic

    Representations of Women in the Age of AIDS

    Edited by Nancy L. Roth, Katie Hogan

    First published in 1998...

    Published June 1st 1998 by Routledge
40. Drug Injecting and HIV Infection

    Edited by Andrew Ball, Don C. Des Jarlais, Gerry V. Stimson

    Series: Social Aspects of AIDS

    Drug Injecting and HIV Infection is a comparative international study of drug injecting behaviour and HIV infection based on the World Health Organization's study of 13 cities as disparate as Athens, Bangkok, Glasgow and Rio de Janeiro. Using a standardized methodology for the collection of data,...

    Published May 20th 1998 by Routledge