Overview

HIV/AIDS poses unique challenges and creates unique needs for the care provider, whether that person is a professional, family member, or a friend. This book is designed to examine the major issues affecting those caregivers. The book begins with a thorough survey of the HIV/AIDS caregiving context. Then some of the major stresses in HIV/AIDS caregiving are identified. The special issues and challenges confronted by female, African-American, and gay caregivers are then reviewed. The next essay examines how the caregiver can approach questions from both clients' and patients' perspectives and the caregiver's sero-status. After focusing on the key issues of spirituality in HIV/AIDS care, the issue of multiple loss, and the grieving process, the book concludes with a synthesis and suggestions for new perspectives on the caregiving process. The collection is intended to be a major resource for professional caregivers as well as family members and loved ones.

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Author:   Vincent Lynch ,  Paul A. Wilson
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   0.449kg
ISBN:  

9780865692398

ISBN 10:   0865692394
Pages:   176
Publication Date:   21 October 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Preface by Vincent J. Lynch The Social and Psychological Contexts of HIV/AIDS Caregiving by Helen Land The Stresses of Professional and Volunteer AIDS Care Givers by Harvey L. Gochros Women Care Providers in HIV/AIDS: A Strengths Perspective by Ruth Rachael Gillman HIV/AIDS Caregivers in African American Communities: Contemporary Issues by Larry M. Gant Gay Men as Caregivers by Richard D. Levin, Stephan L. Buckingham, and Christian B. Hart Disclosure of HIV Serostatus in the Treatment Setting: A Caregiver's Dilemma by James Cassese The Search for Meaning: Spiritual Issues for HIV/AIDS Caregivers by Caryn Berman and Carol Reese The Grieving Caregiver by Gayle Crandell Sherman HIV/AIDS Caregiving: Reliance on the Traditional and Creation of New Modes of Caring by Paul A. Wilson Index About the Contributors

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VINCENT J. LYNCH is Adjunct Associate Professor and Director of Continuing Education at Boston College Graduate School of Social Work. He served as an editor of The Changing Face of AIDS (Auburn House, 1993). PAUL A. WILSON is a retired social work educator.

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