Plague-Making and the AIDS Epidemic: A Story of Discrimination, G. Bright

Автор: Bright
Название: Plague-Making and the AIDS Epidemic
ISBN: 0230340717 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230340718
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book explores how the cultural process of making any disease a "plague" results in discrimination against certain groups, as it has for those with AIDS in America. Gina M. Bright here captures the discrimination produced by plague-making in her analysis and her portraits of the people she has cared for with AIDS over the past quarter-century.

Автор: Wright
Название: Understanding the HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the United States
ISBN: 3319340026 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783319340029
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book examines the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States using the concept of syndemics to contextualize the risk of both well-known, and a few lesser-known, subpopulations that experience disproportionately high rates of HIV and/or AIDS within the United States. Since discovery, HIV/AIDS has exposed a number of social, psychological, and biological aspects of disease transmission. The concept of “syndemics,” or “synergistically interacting epidemics” has emerged as a powerful framework for understanding both the epidemiological patterns and the myriad of problems associated with HIV/AIDS around the world and within the United States. The book considers the disparities in HIV/AIDS in relation to social aspects, risk behavior and critical illness comorbidities. It updates and enhances our understanding of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States and contributes to the expanding literature on the role of syndemics in shaping the public’s health.?