Living with HIV and Dying with AIDS

Diversity, Inequality and Human Rights in the Global Pandemic
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4094-3111-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 264 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 409 g

Reihe: Routledge Global Health Series

There is now a vast literature on HIV and AIDS but much of it is based on traditional biomedical or epidemiological approaches. Hence it tells us very little about the experiences of the millions of people whose living and dying constitute the reality of this devastating pandemic. Doyal brings together findings from a wide range of empirical studies spanning the social sciences to explore experiences of HIV positive people across the world. This will illustrate how the disease is physically manifested and psychologically internalised by individuals in diverse ways depending on the biological, social, cultural and economic circumstances in which they find themselves. A proper understanding of these commonalities and differences will be essential if future strategies are to be effective in mitigating the effects of HIV and AIDS. Doyal shows that such initiatives will also require a better appreciation of the needs and rights of those affected within the wider context of global inequalities and injustices. Finally, she outlines approaches to address these challenges. This book will appeal to everyone involved in struggles to improve the well-being of those with HIV and AIDS. While academically rigorous, it is written in an accessible manner that transcends specific disciplines and, through its extensive bibliography, provides diverse source material for future teaching, learning and research.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Doyal, Lesley

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Posing the Problems; Chapter 2 Mapping the Pandemic; Chapter 3 A Biographical Overview; Chapter 4 Depending on Health Care for Survival; Chapter 5 Challenging Livelihoods; Chapter 6 Changing Sexual Lives; Chapter 7 Shaping Reproductive Futures; Chapter 8 Human Rights; Chapter 9 Back to the Future;

Über Autor(innen)

Lesley Doyal is Emeritus Professor of Health and Social Care at the University of Bristol, UK, and Len Doyal is Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics, Queen Mary University of London, UK.