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1 online resource (xvii, 299 pages). |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Biosocial Society symposium series
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Biosocial Society symposium series.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
Contents |
Introduction. Learning from HIV and AIDS : from multidisciplinary to interdisciplinarity / George T.H. Ellison with Melissa Parker and Cathy Campbell -- HIV and the evolution of infectious diseases / Janis F. Hutchinson -- The epidemiology of HIV/AIDS : contributions to infectious disease epidemiology / Azra Ghani and Marie-Claude Boily -- The influence of HIV/AIDS on demography and demographic research / Simon Gregson -- What have clinicians learnt from working with HIV/AIDS? A medical perspective from London / Chris G.A. Wood with George T.H. Ellison -- How has the HIV/AIDS pandemic contributed to our understanding of behaviour change and health promotion? / Catherine Campbell and Flora Cornish -- Anthropological reflections on HIV prevention strategies : the case for targeting London's backrooms / Melissa Parker -- An absence of anthropology : critical reflections on anthropology and AIDS policy and practice in Africa / Suzette Heald -- A disaster with no name : the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the limits of governance / Alex de Waal -- Postscript : reflections on HIV/AIDS and history / Shula Marks with George T.H. Ellison. |
Summary |
Learning from HIV/AIDS brings together perspectives from different disciplines to assess what we have learnt about HIV/AIDS, and what methodological and theoretical advances have arisen from studying it. It presents a holistic overview of the disease and identifies why unidisciplinary interventions for HIV prevention have failed. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
AIDS (Disease) -- Congresses.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Congresses. |
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AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- Congresses.
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AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects. |
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Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. |
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HIV Infections. |
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Sociology, Medical. |
Genre/Form |
Congress.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Added Author |
Ellison, George, 1963-
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Parker, Melissa, 1960-
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Campbell, Catherine, 1959-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Learning from HIV/AIDS. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 0521004705 (DLC) 2003041963 (OCoLC)51477897 |
ISBN |
0511072449 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511072444 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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0511063989 (electronic book) |
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9780511063985 (electronic book) |
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0511170459 (electronic book) |
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9780511170454 (electronic book) |
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9780511614026 (ebook) |
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0511614020 (ebook) |
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9780521808668 (hardback) |
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0521808669 (hardback) |
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0521808669 (Cloth) |
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