AIDS as a Gender Issue
Subtitle: Psychosocial Perspectives (Social Aspects of Aids Series)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: February 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780748402311
Subjects: AIDS: social aspects; Gender studies; HIV / AIDS; Sex role; Aids (Psychosocial Aspects); Health Services For Women; Medical / Nursing; Women; Sociology; Sociology - General; Social aspects; Infectious Diseases; Medical / Infectious Diseases; Social Science / Sociology / General; Social Science-Sociology - General; Diseases; AIDS (Disease)
First sentence: Women living with HIV face complex choices concerning their own sexuality, in particular with respect to decisions to be sexually active, to practise safer sex, to communicate their status to partners, and to make plans to have children or avoid pregnancy.