George Ellison / Melissa Parker / Catherine Campbell (eds.)

Learning from HIV and AIDS

Herausgeber: Campbell, Catherine; Parker, Melissa; Ellison, George

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Produktbeschreibung

The authors present a holistic overview of what doctors have learned about HIV/AIDS, and identifies why so many HIV prevention schemes have failed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 318
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Oktober 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780521004701
• ISBN-10: 0521004705
• Artikelnr.: 21053177

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Learning from HIV/AIDS: from multidisciplinary to
interdisciplinarity George Ellison, Melissa Parker and Cathy Campbell; 2.
HIV and the evolution of infectious diseases Janice Hutchinson; 3. The
epidemiology of HIV/AIDS: contributions to infectious disease epidemiology
Azra Ghani and Marie-Claude Boily; 4. The influence of HIV/AIDS on
demography and demographic research Simon Gregson; 5. What have clinicians
learnt from working with HIV/AIDS? A medical perspective from London Chris
Wood and George Ellison; 6. How has the HIV/AIDS pandemic contributed to
our understandings of behaviour change and health promotion? Catherine
Campbell and Flora Cornish; 7. Anthropological reflections on HIV
prevention strategies: the case for targeting London's backrooms. Melissa
Parker; 8. An absence of anthropology: critical reflections on anthropology
and AIDS policy and practice in Africa Suzette Heald; 9. A disaster with no
name: the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the limits of governance Alex de Waal; 10.
Postscript: Reflections on HIV/AIDS and history Shula Marks.