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Shattered Mirrors: Our Search for Identity and Community in the AIDS Era
ISBN: 9780674805903 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Price (Yeshiva School of Law) examines the social effects of AIDS, how it has begun to change the relationship of citizen and government. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Price (Yeshiva School of Law) examines the social effects of AIDS, how it has begun to change the relationship of citizen and government. Annotation c...
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187,98 |
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My Own Country: A Doctor's Story
ISBN: 9780679752929 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By the bestselling author of Cutting for Stone, a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears.
Nestled in the Smoky Mountains of eastern Tennessee, the town of Johnson City had always seemed exempt from the anxieties of modern American life. But when the local hospital treated its first AIDS patient, a crisis that had once seemed an urban problem had arrived in the town to stay. Working in Johnson City was Abraham Verghese, a young Indian doctor specializing in infectious diseases. Dr. Verghese became by necessity the local AIDS... By the bestselling author of Cutting for Stone, a story of medicine in the American heartland, and confronting one's deepest prejudices and fears. |
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74,41 |
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Love Undetectable: Notes on Friendship, Sex, and Survival
ISBN: 9780679773153 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Sullivan offers a] profound, often beautiful appreciation of friendship. . . . He can] fascinate us with the range and depth of his mind."--San Francisco Chronicle
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year "One of the great pleasures of this book lies in watching Sullivan's mind at work . . . his essays] are filled with a passion and heat that most cultural criticism lacks." --Katie Roiphe, The Washington Post When former New Republic editor Andrew Sullivan publicly revealed his HIV positive status in 1996, he intended "to be among the first... "Sullivan offers a] profound, often beautiful appreciation of friendship. . . . He can] fascinate us with the range and depth of his mind."--San ...
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66,58 |
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AIDS: The Ultimate Challenge
ISBN: 9780684839400 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. AIDS
"None of us is so unique as to be exempt from the human condition." As the numbers of reported AIDS cases continue to climb, and the disease continues to take more and more lives, those who have to deal with the complexities of this problem continue to ask: "How do we care for these terminally ill?" Using letters from patients, questions and answers between patient and doctor, and other compassionate tools, Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, the world's foremost expert on death and dying, shows us how to comfort the seriously ill and help AIDS patients through the critical... AIDS
"None of us is so unique as to be exempt from the human condition." As the numbers of reported AIDS cases continue to climb, and... |
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89,88 |
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History of AIDS: Emergence and Origin of a Modern Pandemic
ISBN: 9780691024776 / Angielski / Miękka / 290 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. By drawing on the latest discoveries in virology, microbiology, and immunology, Mirko Grmek depicts the AIDS epidemic not as an isolated incident but as part of the long, but far from peaceful, coexistence of humans and viruses. By drawing on the latest discoveries in virology, microbiology, and immunology, Mirko Grmek depicts the AIDS epidemic not as an isolated incident b... |
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357,66 |
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Workable Sisterhood: The Political Journey of Stigmatized Women with Hiv/AIDS
ISBN: 9780691127705 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych.
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173,87 |
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Ethics and AIDS: Compassion and Justice in Global Crisis
ISBN: 9780742550124 / Angielski / Twarda / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. HIV/AIDS continues to devastate the lives of individuals and families, communities and countries. A growing numbness about HIV/AIDS, however, infects many people. Many fail to recognize that the AIDS epidemic is still getting worse, now spreading rapidly in the world's most populous countries. To help raise and renew consciousness about this threat to the world, Ethics and AIDS: Compassion and Justice in Global Crisis summarizes the basics of the AIDS epidemic and presents key themes insights based on the Hebrew and Christian scriptures. This ethical perspective is the result of decades of...
HIV/AIDS continues to devastate the lives of individuals and families, communities and countries. A growing numbness about HIV/AIDS, however, infects ...
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418,32 |
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Ethics and AIDS: Compassion and Justice in Global Crisis
ISBN: 9780742550131 / Angielski / Miękka / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. HIV/AIDS continues to devastate the lives of individuals and families, communities and countries. A growing numbness about HIV/AIDS, however, infects many people. Many fail to recognize that the AIDS epidemic is still getting worse, now spreading rapidly in the world's most populous countries. To help raise and renew consciousness about this threat to the world, Ethics and AIDS: Compassion and Justice in Global Crisis summarizes the basics of the AIDS epidemic and presents key themes insights based on the Hebrew and Christian scriptures. This ethical perspective is the result of decades of...
HIV/AIDS continues to devastate the lives of individuals and families, communities and countries. A growing numbness about HIV/AIDS, however, infects ...
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135,90 |
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AIDS in Africa: How the Poor Are Dying
ISBN: 9780745631592 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the socio-economic context of Africas vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and assesses the politics of domestic and global response. It charts the power relations driving Africas HIV/AIDS epidemic, frustrating the possibility of alleviation and recovery as well as working to relegate the continent to a bleak and vulnerable future.
This book explores the socio-economic context of Africas vulnerability to HIV/AIDS and assesses the politics of domestic and global response. It chart...
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94,07 |
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Bisexualities and AIDS: International Perspectives
ISBN: 9780748403943 / Angielski / Miękka / 244 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Since early-on in the epidemic, there has been much interest in the role that bisexual behaviour among men may play in HIV transmission. This text reviews from an international perspective what has been learned about male bisexuality in countries as diverse as Peru and Britain. Its authors examine the forms that bisexuality takes in different cultures, what it means to the men concerned, and whether or not such behaviour poses special risks. The implications of such enquiry for HIV prevention efforts are also examined.
Since early-on in the epidemic, there has been much interest in the role that bisexual behaviour among men may play in HIV transmission. This text rev...
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288,07 |
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Aids: Activism and Alliances
ISBN: 9780748405763 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the start of the AIDS epidemic there have been calls for greater solidarity between affected groups and communities, and public health services. This can be seen both in the move towards healthy alliances in health service work, and in the demands of AIDS activists worldwide. This text brings together specially selected papers addressing these and related themes given at the Eighth Conference on Social Aspects of AIDS held in London in late 1995. Among the issues examined are profession and policy; the heightened vulnerability of groups such as women and younger gay men; and issues of...
From the start of the AIDS epidemic there have been calls for greater solidarity between affected groups and communities, and public health services. ...
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288,07 |
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AIDS: The Perfect Disease
ISBN: 9780759668096 / Angielski / Miękka / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The author reveals the fantastic benefits of the AIDS epidemic and traces the source of the disease to the government's war on cancer--specifically, the development of immunosuppressive viruses and the documented testing of monkey cancer viruses in human subjects.
The author reveals the fantastic benefits of the AIDS epidemic and traces the source of the disease to the government's war on cancer--specifically, t...
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50,22 |
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Despedida En Otono
ISBN: 9780759687103 / Hiszpański / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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83,13 |
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Analysis of Experience: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships in HIV/AIDS Prevention, Control, and Treatment Programming
ISBN: 9780761829607 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The need and ability for social health and business professionals to work together has emerged in the form of public-private partnerships (PPP). PPPs exist to combat HIV/AIDS globally, but little comprehensive documentation exists about how and why HIV/AIDS PPP programs were created. In Analysis of Experience, Muhiuddin Haider and Ahila Subramanian examine the landscape and benchmarks of HIV/AIDS PPP programs. Haider and Subramanian's study is one of the first to provide effective protocols, which will ensure quality service in these programs, while giving insight to global health and...
The need and ability for social health and business professionals to work together has emerged in the form of public-private partnerships (PPP). PPPs ...
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213,56 |
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Mongers in Heaven: Sexual Tourism and HIV Risk in Costa Rica and in the United States
ISBN: 9780761835974 / Angielski / Miękka / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mongers in Heaven is an exploration of "Monger Culture." Mongers, as defined by the author in relation to sexual tourism to Costa Rica, are tourists and expatriates who have developed a unique culture of simulation, lying, marriages, gender games, and sexual liberation. Schifter-Sikora analyzes the relatively new phenomenon of American senior citizens mass-traveling to Central America in search of sex and love from prostitutes. The social and economic impact of their travel, as well as the increase in new HIV infections in the U.S. and the Central American countries, is at the core of...
Mongers in Heaven is an exploration of "Monger Culture." Mongers, as defined by the author in relation to sexual tourism to Costa Rica, are tourists a...
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198,65 |
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lectionary worship aids: series vi, cycle c
ISBN: 9780788019616 / Angielski / Miękka / 234 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Preparing to lead a congregation in worship each Sunday is a formidable and pressure-filled responsibility. That's why busy worship planners will love this all-new edition of a favorite CSS reference. It's a handy, easy-to-use resource with several prayers and a worship theme relating to the assigned scriptural passages for every Sunday and major observance in Cycle C of the Revised Common Lectionary. For each First Lesson, Second Lesson, and Gospel text there's a call to worship, an invocation/collect, a prayer of confession, an offertory prayer, and suggested hymns. This complete collection...
Preparing to lead a congregation in worship each Sunday is a formidable and pressure-filled responsibility. That's why busy worship planners will love...
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100,67 |
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Youths Living with HIV: Self-Evident Truths
ISBN: 9780789001764 / Angielski / Twarda / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this enlightening book, you ll explore the life struggles and adaptations leading up to and following HIV infection in young Americans. The cases presented in Youths Living with HIV envisage a variety of experiences of youths living with HIV and AIDS, including individuals of different races, of each gender, and of different sexual preferences. This discussion of the private "troubles" and experiences of youths helps you understand and identify dependent and larger public issues surrounding HIV infection and AIDS, and demonstrates the need for comprehensive and targeted intervention and...
In this enlightening book, you ll explore the life struggles and adaptations leading up to and following HIV infection in young Americans. The cases p...
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720,30 |
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HIV AIDS and the Drug Culture: Shattered Lives
ISBN: 9780789004659 / Angielski / Twarda / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this startling new collection of case studies entitled HIV/AIDS and the Drug Culture: Shattered Lives, you ll take an eye-opening and informative look at the lifestyle and culture of the HIV/AIDS intravenous drug users (IVDUs). You ll see how health care providers and caregivers can update their methods and mindsets in order to meet the needs of this special cross-section of patients.In each chapter of HIV/AIDS and the Drug Culture, you ll gain instant access to full medical and psychosocial histories. You ll also find summaries of important events, clues to recognize, and strategies to...
In this startling new collection of case studies entitled HIV/AIDS and the Drug Culture: Shattered Lives, you ll take an eye-opening and informative l...
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471,87 |
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AIDS and Development in Africa: A Social Science Perspective
ISBN: 9780789006387 / Angielski / Twarda / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. AIDS and Development in Africa: A Social Science Perspective is the first book-length treatment of both the impact of AIDS in Africa and an assessment of intervention strategies in varying cultural situations. Developed from revised selected papers from the nineteenth Southern African Universities Social Science Conference, AIDS and Development in Africa will be of interest to counselors, medical and development practitioners, Africanists, and AIDS researchers. From this book, you will find wide analytical coverage of the issues and country case studies related to the contributory factors and...
AIDS and Development in Africa: A Social Science Perspective is the first book-length treatment of both the impact of AIDS in Africa and an assessment...
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794,81 |
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Hiv/AIDS Prevention: Current Issues in Community Practice
ISBN: 9780789006943 / Angielski / Twarda / 94 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. HIV/AIDS Prevention: Current Issues in Community Practice will help researchers and psychologists explore specific methods of improving HIV/AIDS prevention research. This book discusses the University-CBO Collaborative Partnership (UUCP) Model, evaluation activities for AIDS service organizations, and studies concerning college women and condom use and psychological distress among African-American and Latino Males impacted by HIV. Containing tables and case studies, HIV/AIDS Prevention will help you understand the context and structures of different communities to develop relevant and...
HIV/AIDS Prevention: Current Issues in Community Practice will help researchers and psychologists explore specific methods of improving HIV/AIDS preve...
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456,96 |
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