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A collection of original papers on the nature of AIDS social research, this bolume brings together anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists and public health researchers to consider the methodological, empirical and conceptual aspects of the problem. Unlike other studies, which focus on the medical and epidemiological aspects of AIDS, this study specifically focuses on the social facets of the disease, the response of the community and medical profession, the effects of the epidemic upon the gay subculture. Consideration is given to the methodological shortcomings in the research on the social aspects of AIDS as well as reports of original research.

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Author:   Douglas A. Feldman ,  T. M. Johnson ,  Johnson, Thomas M.
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Praeger Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.579kg
ISBN:  

9780275921101

ISBN 10:   0275921107
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   06 June 1986
Audience:   General/trade
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Part 1 Aids social research strategies: methodological issues in AIDS-related research, K.Siegel and L.Bauman; applied methodology - a primer of pitfalls and opportunities in AIDS research, J.Zich and L.Temoshok. Part 2 Social epidemiology: behaviour, infection and immune response - an epidemiological approach, R.Flam and Z.Stein; the case for a origin of the Aids epidemic, A.Moore and R.LeBaron; the social origins of AIDS - social change, sexual behaviour and disease trends, W.Darrow et al. Part 3 Lifestyles and behavioural change: AIDS and needle sharing within the IV drug-use subculture D. Des Jarlais et al; gay lifestyle change and AIDS - preventive health care, J.Kotarba and N.Lang; AIDS health promotion and clinically applied anthropology, D. Feldman. Part 4 AIDS and the media: illness and deviance - the response of the press to AIDS, E.Albert; the portrayal of AIDS in the media - an analysis of articles in the ""New York Times"", A.Baker. Part 5 Health beliefs and behaviour: AIDS - a psychosocial perspective, V.Casper; explanatory models for AIDS, D.Bolognone and T.Johnson; fear of AIDS and its effects on the nation's blood supply, P.Callero et al. Part 6 Impact of AIDS on health-care delivery: hospice staff response to fear of AIDS, S.Geis and R.Fuller; ideology and politics in the control of contagion - the social organization of AIDS care, R.Lessor and K.Jurich."

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