Living and Dying with AIDS

1992
ISBN: 978-0-306-43851-6
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 274 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1320 g

In this nation, in this decade, there is only one way to deal with an individual who is sick-with dignity, with compassion, care and confidentiality, and without discrimi­ nation. Statement made by President George Bush at the National Business Leadership Conference This book is about the care of sick human beings. It is about the heroic struggle of individuals with AIDS. It is about their daily coping in the workplace and at home; about economic problems, the loss of friendship and family support, and physical and emotional pain. But it is also about empowering them to deal with their disease, viewing them not as victims but as warriors, vital and active par­ ticipants in their battle against AIDS. This book is also about the social context in which HIV-infected persons and people with AIDS live. It is about how we must learn to deal with sickness in more compassionate and humanitarian ways and what we yet need to learn. It touches on the health care system that confronts those who are ill, on programs of prevention and education, and on the personal implications of broader national and local policies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ahmed, P. I.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Soziologie & Psychologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Infektionskrankheiten
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Epidemiologie, Medizinische Statistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Invalidität, Krankheit und Abhängigkeit: Soziale Aspekte
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Gesundheitssoziologie, Medizinsoziologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin HIV, AIDS
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Präventivmedizin, Gesundheitsförderung, Medizinisches Screening
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Psychiatrie, Sozialpsychiatrie, Suchttherapie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

I. Coping with Aids.- 1 Living with AIDS: An Overview.- 2 AIDS Care Providers and the Medical Care System: Ethical and Legal Issues.- II. Aids, Families, and Adolescents.- 3 Adolescents and AIDS: Coping Issues.- 4 Mothers with AIDS.- 5 Psychotherapy of the HIV-Positive Patient and Family: An Integrated Approach.- III. Living with Aids.- 6 Coping Processes and Strategies and Personal Resources among Persons with HIV-Spectrum Disease.- 7 Workplace Issues and Strategies Concerning HIV.- 8 Coping with AIDS and Substance Abuse.- IV. Dying with Aids.- 9 Dying with AIDS.- 10 Living with AIDS: Surviving Grief.- 11 A Personal Perspective on Living and Dying with AIDS.- V. Aids and Special Groups.- 12 Coping with HIV Disease in the Army.- 13 The Impact of HIV on Minority Populations.- 14 Coping with AIDS in Hemophilia.