Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City : How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds /

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"Explores the survival strategies of poor, HIV-positive Puerto Rican women by asking four key questions: Given their limited resources, how did they manage an illness as serious as HIV/ AIDS? Did they look for alternatives to conventional medical treatment? Did the challenges they faced deprive...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chase, Sabrina Marie
Autor Corporativo: Project Muse
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2011
Colección:Studies in medical anthropology.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
AIDS (Disease) in women > New Jersey > Newark > Case studies.
HIV-positive women > New Jersey > Newark > Case studies.
Hispanic American women > Diseases > New Jersey > Newark > Case studies.
Puerto Rican women > Diseases > New Jersey > Newark > Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Torn between structure and agency
  • Resourceful women
  • Unpacking Newark's epidemic
  • Understanding HIV
  • Managing social services
  • Working the clinics
  • Taking care of yourself
  • Learning from resourceful women
  • Epilogue : Sorrows and joys.

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