Sex, Work and Professionalism
Subtitle: Working in HIV/AIDS (Social Aspects of Aids Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: September 21, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780415233200
Subjects: Community care; Health systems & services; Sexual behaviour; Social aspects; Health education; Aids (Psychosocial Aspects); Health Care Personnel Management; Medical / Nursing; Public health personnel; Medical; Prevention; Health Care Delivery; Sociology - General; Social Science / Sociology / General; AIDS & HIV; AIDS (Disease); Attitudes
Description: "Sex, Work and Professionalism examines what happens when professional concern is defined in terms of sex. Based on original fieldwork with outreach workers in HIV prevention it addresses issues of professionalism, emotion work and boundaries, integrating empirical insights with sociological theory." "Many of the questions being raised in this book about the meaning of professionalism, the pain and pleasure in emotion work and the management of boundaries between home, sex and work are being asked more generally by workers in a range of organisations. Sex, Work and Professionalism argues for a new understanding of professionalism more appropriate to the human services."--Jacket.