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1 online resource (xxiv, 279 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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| Contents |
LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION: THE FAMILY AND HIV; DISCLOSURE; 1 Self-Disclosure of HIV Infection among Men who Vary in Time since Seropositive Diagnosis and Symptomatic Status; 2 HIV-Positive Patient''s Choice of a Significant Other to be Informed about the HIV-Test Result: Findings from an HIV/AIDS Counselling Programme in the Regional Hospitals of Arusha and Kilimanjaro, Tanzania; 3 Culturally Sanctioned Secrets? Latino Men''s Nondisclosure of HIV Infection to Family, Friends, and Lovers. |
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4 Negotiating Sexual Relationships after Testing HIV-PositiveSOCIAL SUPPORT; 5 Support Service Use by Persons with AIDS and their Caregivers; 6 Carers'' Burden and Adjustment to HIV; 7 Identifying Helpful and Unhelpful Behaviours of Loved Ones: The PWA''s Perspective; 8 Reliance by Gay Men and Intravenous Drug Users on Friends and Family for AIDS-Related Care; 9 Perceptions of Social Support and Psychological Adaptation to Sexually Acquired HIV among White and African American Men; PARTNERS; 10 Family Support for Heterosexual Partners in HIV-Serodiscordant Couples. |
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11 The Social Dynamics of HIV Transmission as Reflected Through Discordant Couples in Rural Uganda12 Prevention of Heterosexual Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Through Couple Counseling; 13 Gender Differences in HIV-Related Psychological Distress in Heterosexual Couples; 14 Intimacy and Sexual Risk Behaviour in Serodiscordant Male Couples; 15 Factors Associated with Hispanic Women''s HIV-Related Communication and Condom Use with Male Partners; PARENTS AND CHILDREN; 16 Orphan Prevalence and Extended Family Care in a Peri-Urban Community in Zimbabwe. |
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17 The Orphan Problem: Experience of a Sub-Saharan Africa Rural Population in the AIDS Epidemic18 Who are the Primary Caretakers of Children Born to HIV-Infected Mothers? Results from a Multistate Surveillance Project; 19 ''We Just Want to be a Normal Family . . .''. Paediatric HIV/AIDS Services at an Inner-London Teaching Hospital; 20 Parents with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection: Perceptions of their Children''s Emotional Needs; 21 Childhood Bereavement Due to Parental Death from Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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HIV infections -- Social aspects.
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HIV infections -- Social aspects. |
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HIV infections. |
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AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects. |
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AIDS (Disease) |
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HIV Infections -- psychology. |
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Family Relations. |
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Social Support. |
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Truth Disclosure. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Bor, Robert.
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Elford, Jonathan.
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| Cover Title |
Family & HIV today |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Family and HIV today. London : Cassell, 1998 0304701882 9780304701889 (OCoLC)60184559 |
| ISBN |
1847142532 (electronic book) |
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9781847142535 (electronic book) |
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9780304701889 |
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9781847142535 |
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0304701882 |
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