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The endangered self : managing the social risk of HIV /

"To date, the majority of HIV/AIDS research has concentrated on education and prevention for those with a seronegative status, and studies of HIV positive individuals have been concerned with their potential to infect others. The Endangered Self, however, focuses on how the discovery of an HIV-...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Green, Gill, 1956- (Autor), Sobo, Elisa Janine, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; New York : Routledge, 2000.
Colección:Health, risk and society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Identity, social risk, and AIDS: what's the connection?; Dangerous identities: stigmas and stories; The landscape of risk: danger, identity, and HIV; Settings and methods; Living with HIV: coping with a new status; Telling; The danger of disclosure; Reported reactions in health care settings; Disclosure in sexual settings: identifying the issues; Reported reactions in sexual settings: our findings; Risk and reality: the social situation; Seropositivity, identity, and social risk; Bibliography; Index.