AIDS, fear, and society : challenging the dreaded disease / Kenneth J. Doka.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Doka, Kenneth J., author.

Series:

Series in death education, aging, and health care.

Series in Death Education, Aging and Health Care, 0275-3510

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects.

AIDS (Disease).

AIDS (Disease)--History.

Epidemiology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (206 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Taylor & Francis, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First Published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Nature, History, and Responses to Dreaded Diseases; Chapter 1 Crisis and Contagion; The Great Epidemics: An Overview; The Black Death or Bubonic Plague; Cholera; Typhus and Typhoid Fever; The Influenza Epidemic; Disease and Society; The Effects of Epidemics; Understanding Disease: The Limits of Science; Blame and Disease; Responses in Literature and Art; Responding to Disease: The Limits of Reason; Conclusion; Chapter 2 Shame and Stigma; The Shameful Stigmas; Leprosy

SyphilisTuberculosis; Cancer; Smallpox and Polio: On the Cusp; Blaming the Victim: The Connotation of Disease; Treating Disease; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Lessons Unlearned: The Dreaded Diseases in History; The Concept of a Dreaded Disease; The Definition of a Disease as Dread; The Implications of a Dreaded Disease; Conclusion; Part II AIDS: The Archetype of the Dreaded Diseases; Chapter 4 The Nature and Origin of AIDS; The Crisis Unfolds; The AIDS Panic; The Origin of AIDS; Conclusion; Chapter 5 Promises and Problems: The Medical Encounter with AIDS; AIDS as a Syndrome: The Nature of the Disease

Controlling the FuturePrevention and Testing; Vaccines; Cure and Treatment; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Policies, Politics, and Public Health; Perspectives from the Past; Current Responses to the HlV/AIDS Epidemic; The Cuban Response; Responses in the United States; The Bathhouse Debate; AIDS Education; Drug Prevention and AIDS; Regulation of Sexual Behavior; Mandatory Testing and Contact Tracing; Other Issues; The Religious Dimension; Political Debate; Conclusion; Chapter 7 AIDS as a Social Disease; AIDS in Africa: A Tale of Two Scenarios; A Negative Scenario: Africa Desolate Because of AIDS

AIDS as a Turning Point: A Positive ScenarioThe Effects of AIDS in Africa; Africa: Model for the Third World?; AIDS in the West: Two American Scenarios; A Wedding: AIDS as a Force for Tolerance; The Sentence: AIDS and Homophobia; The Effects of the Epidemic in the United States; AIDS in Europe; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Creating a Humane Future; AIDS as an International Issue; Prevention; Creating the Context for Prevention: Research, Law, and Policy; Educational Strategies for Prevention; Education for Individuals at Risk; Testing; Care for the Infected; Creating a Humane System

The Role of Public HealthThe Response of the Health Care System; Care for the Affected; Conclusion: Decathexizing the Epidemic; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-135-91357-9

1-315-06148-1

1-135-91350-1

9781315061481

OCLC:

855686364