William A Rushing

The AIDS Epidemic (eBook, ePUB)

Social Dimensions Of An Infectious Disease

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book, a comprehensive introduction to the problem of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), lays out the medical facts and social epidemiology of the infectious disease and illuminates the complex social problems this disease poses for the United States and other nations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429976490
• Artikelnr.: 56842189

Autorenporträt

William A Rushing

Inhaltsangabe

Tables and Figures
Preface
Introduction Sociology and AIDS
Part One: Social Etiology
The Social Epidemiological Perspective: High
risk Groups in the United States
The Social Change Perspective: The Origin of HIV
The Cross
Cultural Perspective AIDS in Afnca
The Social Behavior Perspective Trends in HIV
AIDS and Preventive Behavior
Part Two: Societal Reactions
The Collective Behavior Perspective Fear of Contagion
The Social Construction Perspective Moralizing and Scapegoating
The Sociology of Science Perspective Science, Societal Reactions, and Social Control
The Deviant Behavior Perspective The Sick Role, Personal Responsibility, and Problems of Treatment and Prevention
Conclusion Sociology and the Eradication and Control of HIV
AIDS
Appendices Bisexual Transmission and the Efficiency of Heterosexual Transmission of HIV
About the Book and Author

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Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Introduction Sociology and AIDS -- Part One: Social Etiology -- The Social Epidemiological Perspective: High-risk Groups in the United States -- The Social Change Perspective: The Origin of HIV -- The Cross-Cultural Perspective AIDS in Afnca -- The Social Behavior Perspective Trends in HIV-AIDS and Preventive Behavior -- Part Two: Societal Reactions -- The Collective Behavior Perspective Fear of Contagion -- The Social Construction Perspective Moralizing and Scapegoating -- The Sociology of Science Perspective Science, Societal Reactions, and Social Control -- The Deviant Behavior Perspective The Sick Role, Personal Responsibility, and Problems of Treatment and Prevention -- Conclusion Sociology and the Eradication and Control of HIV-AIDS -- Appendices Bisexual Transmission and the Efficiency of Heterosexual Transmission of HIV -- About the Book and Author