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Lieferstatus:	i.d.R. innert 14-24 Tagen versandfertig
Veröffentlichung:	August 2009
Genre:	Soziologie
ISBN:	9780313344213
EAN-Code:	9780313344213
Verlag:	Bloomsbury 3PL
Einband:	Gebunden
Sprache:	English
Serie:	Health and Medical Issues Today
Dimensionen:	H 240 mm / B 161 mm / D 18 mm
Gewicht:	554 gr
Seiten:	256
Zus. Info:	HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
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The history, symptoms, prevention, and current issues surrounding HIV and AIDS are discussed, along with a focus on special populations struggling with the disease. Once thought to be a disease of homosexuals and drug abusers, AIDS has now impacted people across cultures, genders, and sexual orientations. Despite activism, new research, and treatments, many people are still dying from this disease. HIV/AIDS offers a comprehensive, one-volume resource that traces the history of the disease, and discusses prevention, along with current research and treatment. It examines issues such as care giving, health care settings, human rights, pregnancy, and insurance. The incidence and prognosis for the disease among special populations, as well as their needs and struggles, are covered in detail. These groups include: drug and alcohol abusers, the gay and lesbian community, minority communities, pediatric patients, prisoners, senior citizens, and women. With education the key to both prevention and care of those infected, this volume is an invaluable resource for students and general readers.