Birth in the age of AIDS : women, reproduction and HIV/AIDS in India /

Birth in the Age of AIDS is a vivid and poignant portrayal of the experiences of HIV-positive women in India during pregnancy, birth, and motherhood at the beginning of the 21st century. The government of India, together with global health organizations, established an important public health initia...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Van Hollen, Cecilia Coale
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Palo Alto : Stanford University Press, 2013.
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) in pregnancy > India.
Pregnant women > Services for > India.
HIV-positive women > Services for > India.
HIV infections > Transmission > India > Prevention.
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects > India.
Childbirth > Social aspects > India.
Medical anthropology > India.
AIDS (Disease)
Medical anthropology.
HIV (Viruses)
Pregnancy Complications, Infectious
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Anthropology, Medical
HIV Infections > prevention & control
HIV Infections > transmission
HIV
Pregnant Women > psychology
Sida chez la femme enceinte > Inde.
Femmes enceintes > Services > Inde.
Séropositives > Services > Inde.
Sida > Aspect social > Inde.
Sida.
Anthropologie médicale.
Virus de l'immunodéficience humaine.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
AIDS (Disease) in pregnancy
AIDS (Disease) > Social aspects
Childbirth > Social aspects
HIV-positive women > Services for
Medical anthropology
Pregnant women > Services for
India
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; Note on Statistics and Transliteration; Abbreviations; Prologue: Into the Well and Out Again; 1. Birth in the Age of AIDS; 2. India Responds to the Epidemic; 3. "The HIV Test Is Like an Immunization": Scenes from Prenatal HIV Counseling; 4. "I Don't Need My Husband's Permission": Women's Views on HIV/AIDS and Decisions About Prenatal Testing; 5. HIV/AIDS and the Gendering of Stigma; 6. To Birth or Not to Birth? : Constraints and Pragmaticsin HIV-Positive Women's Childbearing Decisions; 7. HIV-Positive Women Give Birth: Deception and Determination.
  • 8. Breast or Bottle? : HIV-Positive Women's Responses to Global Health Policy on Infant Feeding9. Creating a Storm: Activists' Hopes and Mothers' Fears; Epilogue: Memory Boxes; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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