Sex, Work and Professionalism
Subtitle: Working in HIV/AIDS
Series: Social aspects of AIDS; Social aspects of AIDS
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9780203467893
Subjects: Social aspects; AIDS (Disease); Prevention
Description: Based on field research, this book looks at how outreach workers use their own sexuality in working with clients and discusses the findings in the context of broader debates about sexuality and sexual issues for health professionals.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Series editor's preface; Introduction; Orientations; Sex, work and professionalism: theoretical issues; Reflexivity, identity and boundaries; HIV prevention, gay communities and outreach work; Why boundaries?; Sex, sexuality and work; The impact of work on personal life; How boundaries are made; Boundary work; Professionalism and sexual identity; Professionalism and work life balance; Notes; Bibliography; Index.