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Social stigma and sexual epidemics : dangerous dynamics / Bronwen Lichtenstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lichtenstein, Bronwen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sexually transmitted diseases--Social aspects.
- Sexually transmitted diseases.
- AIDS (Disease)--Prevention.
- AIDS (Disease).
- Epidemics.
- Medical social work.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (203 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Boulder, Colorado : FirstForumPress, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Bronwen Lichtenstein draws on cases around the world to illustrate how sexual epidemics continue to be shaped by powerful forces of race, gender, and the lingering consequences of history. Illuminating the continuity of ideas and dynamics that affect both individual behavior and public health responses, Lichtenstein reveals a vicious interplay between the stigmas of social status and the prevalence of sexually transmitted infection (STI). She also shows how the consequences of that interplay spread beyond the stigmatized to affect all social groups. Her insights suggest alternative approaches for understanding, as well as slowing, the spread of STIs.
- Contents:
- Bowled over by the grim reaper
- Sexually transmitted infections and social structures
- Colonizing stigma
- Undercutting prevention
- Blaming victims
- Blurring religion and medical care
- Theoretical implications and practical actions.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-935049-75-5
- OCLC:
- 1334343665
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