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The AIDS Crisis: A Documentary History: Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issues

Autor Douglas A. Feldman, Julia Miller
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 24 iun 1998 – vârsta până la 17 ani
AIDS has grown in just two decades from a rare disease to one that has already killed millions of men, women, and children worldwide. To help high school and college students understand the history and current status of AIDS as a social, political, psychological, public health, and cultural phenomenon, this documentary history provides 228 short and highly readable selections from primary and secondary sources of information about AIDS and HIV. Its scope covers the entire history of the epidemic from its beginnings to early 1997. The documents, many of which cannot easily be found elsewhere, will help the reader to understand and debate the many perspectives and points of view on this controversial topic.Douglas A. Feldman, one of the country's leading specialists in international and domestic AIDS social research, and Julia Wang Miller, a research consultant, have selected documents and provided explanatory introductions to them to help readers gain a deeper understanding of the sociocultural ramifications of AIDS. Following a narrative historical overview of the AIDS crisis, the work is organized into nine topical chapters: the history of HIV/AIDS; the impact of the epidemic in the United States and globally; HIV/AIDS within communities and populations; AIDS in the developing world; the human side of AIDS; the politics of AIDS; education and behavioral change; legal and ethical issues; and the future of AIDS. Each chapter contains an introductory narrative overview of the topic, brief explanatory introduction to each document, and list of suggested readings. A glossary of terms and an AIDS resource directory of organizations to contact for further information complete the work. This important documentary history belongs on the shelves of every public school and college and university library.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780313287152
ISBN-10: 0313287155
Pagini: 312
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.67 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Greenwood
Seria Primary Documents in American History and Contemporary Issues

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Notă biografică

DOUGLAS A. FELDMAN is a medical and applied anthropologist, a specialist in international and domestic AIDS social research since 1982, and the President of D.A. Feldman & Associates, a health research organization based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is a Research Associate Professor, University of Miami School of Medicine. Dr. Feldman is the editor of Global AIDS Policy (Bergin & Garvey, 1994), Culture and AIDS (Praeger, 1990), and co-editor (with Thomas M. Johnson) of The Social Dimensions of AIDS: Method and Theory (Praeger, 1986), and has written many articles on anthropological research on AIDS. He received the prestigious Kimball Award in 1996 for his contributions in advancing the anthropology of AIDS, and is currently conducting funded AIDS social research in South Florida and Central Africa.JULIA WANG MILLER is a sociologist who has worked extensively in public health on the AIDS issue.

Cuprins

Introduction:the AIDS CrisisThe History of HIV/AIDSThe Origins of HIV/AIDSAn Epidemic EmergesThe Shaping of Public OpinionSuggested ReadingsThe Impact of the EpidemicThe Situation in the United StatesThe Global CrisisThe Epidemic Takes Its TollSuggested ReadingsHIV/AIDS Within Communities and PopulationsThe TeenagerWomenChildrenInjecting Drug UsersThe Gay CommunityCommercial Sex WorkersThe HomelessCorrectional FacilitiesPersons with HemophiliaSuggested ReadingsAIDS in the Developing WorldThe African PandemicThe Growing Crisis in AsiaAIDS in Latin America and the CaribbeanSuggested ReadingsThe Human Side of AIDSThe Many Faces of AIDSPsychosocial Needs of Persons With AIDSThe Role of Families, Partners and FriendsThe Role of Health Care Providers and CaregiversSuggested ReadingsThe Politics of AIDSCommunity Responses to the CrisisPolitical ApathyPolitical ActivismSuggested ReadingsEducation and Behavioral ChangePromoting Awareness and EducationProducing Behavioral ChangeSuggested ReadingsLegal and Ethical IssuesAIDS, the Workplace, and the LawEthics and AIDS PolicySuggested ReadingsThe Future of AIDSSuggested ReadingsGlossaryAIDS Resource DirectoryIndex