Theodore J. Stein

The Social Welfare of Women and Children with HIV and AIDS

Legal Protections, Policy, and Programs

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Produktbeschreibung

HIV infection is rising rapidly, particularly among heterosexual women and children. This epidemic if forcing social workers and other service providers to confront a wide range of new public policy problems such as discrimination in employment, housing, services, and education, medical testing and confidentiality, reproductive freedom, health care, child welfare, and child custody. The Social Welfare of Women and Children with HIV and AIDS provides a comprehensive overview of public policy and legislation regarding these issues, including federal and state statutes governing public services, and their implications for practice.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 1997
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780195109429
• ISBN-10: 0195109422
• Artikelnr.: 21038357

Autorenporträt

Theodore J. Stein is Professor of Social Welfare at the State University of New York, Albany. Professor Stein has conducted research and published extensively in the area of child welfare. He has worked with the Children's Rights Project of the American Civil Liberties Union and he has represented women and children with HIV in legal matters.

Inhaltsangabe

* Ackknowledgments
* Preface
* Key to Abbreviations
* 1: Introduction
* Part I - The Emergence of AIDS in the United States and the Response
of the Federal Government
* Part II - The Emergence of HIV
* 2: The Policy Framework: Status Conferring Policies
* Part I - Overview of Statutory Provisions
* Part II - Statutory Terms and Their Application by the Courts
* Part III - Summary
* 3: The Framework: Benefit Conferring Policies
* Part I - Financial Assistance
* Part II - Medical Care
* Part III - Social Services and Housing
* Part IV - Summary
* 4: The Care of Children and the Child Welfare System
* Part I - Children and Long-Range
* Part II - Child Welfare System
* Part III - Summary
* 5: Confidentiality, Testing, and Reproductive Choice
* Part I - Testing and Confidentiality
* Part II - Testing and Confidentiality: The Legal Framework
* Part III - Reproductive Choice
* Part IV - Summary
* 6: Adolescents and HIV and AIDS:Population Demographics and
Prevention Strategies
* Part I - The Incidence and Prevalence of HIV and AIDS Among
Adolescents
* Part II - AIDS Education Programs
* Part III - Summary and Conclusion
* 7: Welfare Reform and Its Effects on Women and Children with HIV and
AIDS
* Part I - Welfare Reform and the Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families Block Grant
* Notes
* Table of Cases
* Bibliography