AIDS : principles, practices & politics / edited by Inge B. Corless, Mary Pittman-Lindeman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Corless, Inge B.

Pittman, Mary.

Series:

Death Education, Aging and Health Care

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease).

AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1989. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Surgeon General's Report on AIDS; 2 Epidemic Control Measures for AIDS: A Psychosocial and Historical Discussion of Policy Alternatives; 3 The Treatment of People with AIDS: Psychosocial Considerations; 4 Development of AIDS Awareness: A Personal History; 5 Literature and AIDS: The Varieties of Love; 6 Women with AIDS: Sexual Ethics in an Epidemic; 7 An Ethics of Compassion, a Language of Division: Working out the AIDS Metaphors; 8 AIDS Overview; 9 Treatment Issues in AIDS

10 Choosing Therapies11 The New Death among IV Drug Users; 12 The Patient with AIDS: Care and Concerns; 13 Children with AIDS; 14 Public Schools Confront AIDS; 15 Individual Education Programs for AIDS Control; 16 The Malignant Metaphor: A Political Thanatology of AIDS; 17 Impact of the AIDS Epidemic on the Gay Political Agenda; 18 Creative Acceptance: An Ethics for AIDS; 19 AIDS: Seventh Rank Absolute; Index

Notes:

First published in 1989 by Hemisphere Publishing Corporation.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-82372-9

1-315-82072-2

1-317-82373-7

9781315820729

OCLC:

897461074