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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Chase, Sabrina Marie
Corporate Author: Project Muse
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2011
Series:Studies in medical anthropology.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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