African American Women Living with AIDS
Subtitle: Critical Responses for the New Millennium
Contributors: Dorie J. Gilbert (Editor); Ednita M. Wright (Editor)
Publisher: Praeger Paperback
Published: June 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780275971281
Subjects: AIDS: social aspects; Black studies; Women's studies; Social Science; Medical / Nursing; Sociology; USA; Diseases - AIDS & HIV; Ethnic Studies - General; Health Care Delivery; Social Science / Ethnic Studies; Women's Studies - General; AIDS (Disease); African American women; Diseases; United States
First sentence: AIDS is a socially constructed disease, and much of the response to and attitudes to-ward HIV-infected individuals center around the preexisting concepts, paradigms, and societal constructions of those affected.