ilość książek w kategorii: 401
Dying to be Men: Youth, Masculinity and Social Exclusion
ISBN: 9780415337755 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the first comparative reflections of its kind, this book examines the challenges that young men face when trying to grow up in societies where violence is the norm. Barker, who has worked directly with low-income youth and witnessed first hand the violence he describes, provides a compelling account of the young men's struggles. He discusses the problems these men face in other areas of their lives, including the difficulty of staying in school, the multiple challenges of coming of age as men in the face of social exclusion, including finding meaningful employment, and their... One of the first comparative reflections of its kind, this book examines the challenges that young men face when trying to grow up in societies whe... |
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225,73 zł |
Culture, Society and Sexuality : A Reader
ISBN: 9780415404556 / Angielski / Twarda / 490 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. There has been rapid development within the field of sexuality research in recent years both conceptually and methodologically.
This new and revised edition of "Culture, Society and Sexuality" brings together and makes accessible a broad and international selection of readings to provide insights into the social, cultural, political and economic dimensions of sexuality and relationships, and emerging discourses around sexual and reproductive rights. Clearly structured and presented, the book makes an extremely useful reference for students and researchers. Section one focuses on the... There has been rapid development within the field of sexuality research in recent years both conceptually and methodologically.
This new and revise... |
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878,05 zł |
Teaching AIDS
ISBN: 9780415908757 / Angielski / Miękka / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Teaching AIDS begins with a discussion of how teachers can create an environment of support for an AIDS education programme. Recognizing that AIDS education must differ for students of different age groups, the author presents tailored, age-appropriate content - what and how teachers should communicate AIDS information to young children, older children and teenage students.Teaching AIDS also addresses actual methods teachers can use to influence their students' attitudes and behaviour by helping them to recognize problem situations in which risks might arise, and presenting them with the... Teaching AIDS begins with a discussion of how teachers can create an environment of support for an AIDS education programme. Recognizing that AIDS ... |
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110,33 zł |
Without Condoms: Unprotected Sex, Gay Men and Barebacking
ISBN: 9780415950244 / Angielski / Miękka / 412 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. After years of activism, risk awareness, and AIDS prevention, increasing numbers of gay men are not using condoms, and new infections of HIV are on the rise. Using case studies and exhaustive survey research, this timely, groundbreaking book allows men who have unprotected sex, a practice now known as "barebacking," to speak for themselves on their willingness to risk it all. Without Condoms takes a balanced look at the profound needs that are met by this seemingly reckless behavior, while at the same time exposing the role that both the Internet and club drugs... After years of activism, risk awareness, and AIDS prevention, increasing numbers of gay men are not using condoms, and new infections of HIV are on... |
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200,64 zł |
Cooking for Life: A Guide to Nutrition and Food Safety for the HIV-Positive Community
ISBN: 9780440507536 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This groundbreaking, compassionate, and medically sound sourcebook is a food bible for the HIV community and their caregivers. One single factor can have life-or-death importance for someone with HIV: food. The right diet and nutrition can boost the immune system, and most important, maintain lean body mass. Cooking for Life contains all the information you need about one of the safest, most effective, yet underutilized, weapons for staying well. Find out why food poisoning, even a mild case, is highly dangerous . . . and what steps will protect you at home or while...
This groundbreaking, compassionate, and medically sound sourcebook is a food bible for the HIV community and their caregivers. One single f...
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79,00 zł |
Virus Hunting: AIDS, Cancer, and the Human Retrovirus: A Story of Scientific Discovery
ISBN: 9780465098156 / Angielski / Miękka / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The renowned AIDS researcher Robert Gallo tells his story of scientific breakthrough in a riveting portrait of the people, the politics, and the pace of modern scientific discovery.
The renowned AIDS researcher Robert Gallo tells his story of scientific breakthrough in a riveting portrait of the people, the politics, and the pace ...
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134,31 zł |
Life Lessons: Stories of hope, love and laughter in the face of AIDS
ISBN: 9780595308255 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Life Lessons" is about finding meaning in every life experience, be it positive or negative. Each moment has a lesson if we are open to the possibility of growth.
"Life Lessons" takes you on a spiritual journey that will render it impossible for you to regard life in the same way. Maris Hodge Wright openly shares stories from her wealth of counseling experience that have impacted her life. They are stories of love, betrayal, forgiveness, and joy.
"Life Lessons" is about finding meaning in every life experience, be it positive or negative. Each moment has a lesson if we are open to the possibili...
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58,00 zł |
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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70,69 zł |
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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95,42 zł |
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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417,24 zł |
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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132,04 zł |
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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95,01 zł |
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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265,87 zł |
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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56,66 zł |
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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652,27 zł |
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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727,52 zł |
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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392,67 zł |
Social Work Theory and Practice with the Terminally Ill
ISBN: 9780789010827 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social Work Theory and Practice with the Terminally Ill, second edition, takes a compassionate look at ways that social workers can help dying people and their families. The social workers who work most effectively with terminally ill patients and their families are the ones who best understand the multifaceted nature of the dying process and its impact on the the patient, the family, and even on the health care professionals who work with patients at the end of life. Dr. Parry--who specializes in dying and bereavement--offers astute observations on the stages of dealing with the diagnosis of...
Social Work Theory and Practice with the Terminally Ill, second edition, takes a compassionate look at ways that social workers can help dying people ...
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652,27 zł |
Social Work Theory and Practice with the Terminally Ill
ISBN: 9780789010834 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Social Work Theory and Practice with the Terminally Ill, second edition, takes a compassionate look at ways that social workers can help dying people and their families. The social workers who work most effectively with terminally ill patients and their families are the ones who best understand the multifaceted nature of the dying process and its impact on the the patient, the family, and even on the health care professionals who work with patients at the end of life. Dr. Parry--who specializes in dying and bereavement--offers astute observations on the stages of dealing with the diagnosis of...
Social Work Theory and Practice with the Terminally Ill, second edition, takes a compassionate look at ways that social workers can help dying people ...
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160,50 zł |
Hotel Ritz - Comparing Mexican and U.S. Street Prostitutes: Factors in Hiv/AIDS Transmission
ISBN: 9780789017765 / Angielski / Miękka / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Explore ways to reduce the rate of HIV infection in street prostitutes--and the inescapable connection between the heroin trade, prostitution, and HIV This unique book draws on face-to-face interviews that the author conducted on the streets, with heroin-addicted street prostitutes in Southern California and their counterparts in four large Mexican cities. Author David James Bellis illustrates the significant--and surprising--differences in the risk of exposure to HIV and other STDs that exist between street prostitutes in the two countries arising from national...
Explore ways to reduce the rate of HIV infection in street prostitutes--and the inescapable connection between the heroin trade, prostitution, and HIV...
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185,60 zł |