ilość książek w kategorii: 404
Sex Work in Southeast Asia: The Place of Desire in a Time of AIDS
ISBN: 9780415510691 / Angielski / Miękka / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a cultural critique of HIV/AIDS prevention programmes targeting sex tourism industries in Southeast Asia. It highlights how feminist and postcolonial politics shape practices of global AIDS prevention.
This is a cultural critique of HIV/AIDS prevention programmes targeting sex tourism industries in Southeast Asia. It highlights how feminist and postc...
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225,98 zł |
HIV Infected by Her Cheating Pastor Husband: A Wife's Courageous True Story of Betrayal, Survival and Forgiveness
ISBN: 9781927360866 / Angielski / Miękka / 180 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this autobiography, Evangelist Darlene King relives her life giving an intimate perspective of her mistakes and life lessons as she lays everything on the line. Travel on a journey in her shoes as she recalls her struggles of being infected with HIV by her husband--a church pastor--and still constantly having to fight for her marriage through her husband's on-going adultery. She learns the hard way that if HIV doesn't stop him from cheating, nothing will. In this autobiography, Evangelist Darlene King relives her life giving an intimate perspective of her mistakes and life lessons as she lays everyth... |
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100,02 zł |
Social Work with Groups: Expanding Horizons
ISBN: 9781560242963 / Angielski / Twarda / 230 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Describes continuity and change in group work, revisiting the theoretical idea of group work and allied work topics of the last decade; focuses on continuity, while also emphasising the need for more effective work to deal with groups with needs relating to bereavement, AIDS, gangs and so on.
Describes continuity and change in group work, revisiting the theoretical idea of group work and allied work topics of the last decade; focuses on con...
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693,51 zł |
HIV/AIDS in China - The Economic and Social Determinants
ISBN: 9780415726184 / Angielski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. South and East Asia may well become the epicentres of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. More than three-quarters of a million people are now estimated to be living with HIV/AIDS in China. In 2009, AIDS had already become the leading cause of death by infectious disease. Yet, even despite China s recent economic and social progress, a number of development issues - not least the emergence of glaring inequalities - have also emerged. The expansion of the HIV/AIDS epidemic is also an important longer term development challenge. This book analyses China s HIV/AIDS epidemic, with particular... South and East Asia may well become the epicentres of the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. More than three-quarters of a million people are now estimated ... |
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205,43 zł |
Family and HIV Today
ISBN: 9780304701889 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. AIDS is not solely a medical issue but also has profound implications for social and family relationships. Traditionally when a person is ill, the family is seen to provide emotional, practical and social support. Experience has shown, however, that AIDS disrupts this conventional pattern of support. On the one hand AIDS, like any other serious illness, affects family members both from day to day and in the long term. What distinguishes AIDS from so many other illnesses is the associated social stigma and the fact that HIV may be transmissible, or may have been transmitted, within a... AIDS is not solely a medical issue but also has profound implications for social and family relationships. Traditionally when a person is ill, the ... |
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513,71 zł |
Culture, Society and Sexuality: A Reader
ISBN: 9780415404563 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 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 social and cultural construction of sexuality as an emerging field of inquiry over the course of recent decades, and... This new and revised edition of Culture, Society and Sexuality brings together and makes accessible a broad and international selection of... |
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190,02 zł |
Hiv/AIDS and the Social Consequences of Untamed Biomedicine: Anthropological Complicities
ISBN: 9781138797222 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drawing on the case of HIV/AIDS in Thailand, this book examines how anthropological and other interpretative social science research has been utilized in modeling the AIDS epidemic, and in the design and implementation of interventions. It argues that much social science research has been complicit with the forces that generated the epidemic and with the social control agendas of the state, and that as such it has increased the weight of structural violence bearing upon the afflicted. The book also questions claims of Thai AIDS control success, arguing that these can only be made at... Drawing on the case of HIV/AIDS in Thailand, this book examines how anthropological and other interpretative social science research has been utili... |
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744,88 zł |
Applied Drama and Theatre as an Interdisciplinary Field in the Context of HIV/AIDS in Africa
ISBN: 9789042038066 / Angielski / Twarda / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Drama for Life, University of the Witwatersrand, aims "to enhance the capacity of young people, theatre practitioners and their communities to take responsibility for the quality of their lives in the context of HIV and AIDS in Africa. We achieve this through participatory and experiential drama and theatre that is appropriate to current social realities but draws on the rich indigenous knowledge of African communities." Collected here is a representative set of research essays written to facilitate dialogue across disciplines on the role of drama and theatre in HIV/AIDS education,...
Drama for Life, University of the Witwatersrand, aims "to enhance the capacity of young people, theatre practitioners and their communities to take re...
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429,58 zł |
After the Wrath of God: Aids, Sexuality, & American Religion
ISBN: 9780199391288 / Angielski / Twarda / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. On a cold February morning in 1987, amidst freezing rain and driving winds, a group of protesters stood outside of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Amherst, Massachusetts. The target of their protest was the minister inside, who was handing out condoms to his congregation while delivering a sermon about AIDS, dramatizing the need for the church to confront the seemingly ever-expanding crisis. The minister's words and actions were met with a standing ovation from the overflowing audience, but he could not linger to enjoy their applause. Having received threats in advance of the service, he...
On a cold February morning in 1987, amidst freezing rain and driving winds, a group of protesters stood outside of the Unitarian Universalist Church i...
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273,98 zł |
The Economics of the Global Response to Hiv/AIDS
ISBN: 9780198718048 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The global response to HIV/AIDS has been a major aspect of global health and development policy over the last three decades. The book illustrates the devastating health impacts of the epidemic, with life expectancy in some countries falling to the lowest levels observed anywhere, and the remarkable success of the global HIV/AIDS response in reversing such extreme outcomes.
Concerns about the implications of HIV/AIDS for economic development have played a role in motivating the global HIV/AIDS response. However, evidence on the impacts of HIV/AIDS on economic growth or poverty is weak, and... The global response to HIV/AIDS has been a major aspect of global health and development policy over the last three decades. The book illustrates the ...
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332,38 zł |
Kampala Women Getting By: Wellbeing in the Time of AIDS
ISBN: 9780821411599 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. What do ordinary women in an African city do in the face of "serious enough" infections in themselves and signs of acute illness in their young children? How do they manage? What does it take to get by? How do they maintain the wellbeing of the household in a setting without what would be considered as basic health provision in an American or European city? Professor Wallman focuses on women in a densely-populated part of Kampala called Kamwokya. With the help of a team of Ugandans and non-Ugandans, a vivid picture emerges, enhanced by color photographs, sketches and maps. Women are...
What do ordinary women in an African city do in the face of "serious enough" infections in themselves and signs of acute illness in their young childr...
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133,52 zł |
Committed to Love: A Woman's Journey Through Love and Loss
ISBN: 9780986106378 / Angielski / Twarda / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Committed to Love" is a deeply personal one. It details the many issues and experiences I had to confront and deal with in my twenty-five-year marriage to a bisexual man who succumbed to AIDS. The twenty-four chapters in this book range from his diagnosis on June 19, 1992, with AIDS related pneumonia to his death on August 17, 1994. Every aspect of my relationship with Dr. Jeffrey A. Mintz, both as my best friend of thirty-seven years and my husband of twenty-five is explored in explicit detail. The challenge of a marriage under these circumstances was to say the least, both chaotic yet... "Committed to Love" is a deeply personal one. It details the many issues and experiences I had to confront and deal with in my twenty-five-year mar... |
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152,80 zł |
Committed to Love: One Woman's Journey through Love and Loss
ISBN: 9780692761755 / Angielski / Miękka / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. I had to confront and deal with in my twenty-five-year marriage to a bisexual man who succumbed to AIDS. It is in this particular area that I feel my most powerful impact. To say that my marriage was unconven- tional and that it was difficult is an understatement. But, I would do it all over again because my journey with Jeff provided me the opportunity to discover my own true definition of love. For in those twenty-five years, I was able to find my core, my strength, my faith, my hope, and my true understanding that I was chosen to love him. I was chosen to stay with him. And I was chosen to...
I had to confront and deal with in my twenty-five-year marriage to a bisexual man who succumbed to AIDS. It is in this particular area that I feel my ...
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102,73 zł |
The Shifting Creek: A Memoir
ISBN: 9781504365109 / Angielski / Miękka / 166 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this captivating memoir Mona Sen talks of current life with multiple sclerosis. In her need to succeed she talks about charting out a plan for graduate school to undertake a very challenging occupational therapy program at a highly respected institution. The rigor and stress that followed resulted in wanting to give up, ultimately breaking her spirit and eventually causing her MS to worsen. She talks of how her dream of a career in her chosen field was shattered but she refused to give up. In this captivating memoir Mona Sen talks of current life with multiple sclerosis. In her need to succeed she talks about charting out a plan for g... |
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59,64 zł |
Bisexualities and AIDS: International Perspectives
ISBN: 9781138167568 / Angielski / Twarda / 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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693,51 zł |
Punishing Disease: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness
ISBN: 9780520291584 / Angielski / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment. Calls to punish people living with HIV--mostly stigmatized minorities--began before doctors had even settled on a name for the disease. Punitive attitudes toward AIDS prompted lawmakers around the country to introduce legislation aimed at criminalizing the behaviors of people living with HIV. Punishing Disease explains how this happened--and its consequences. With the door to criminalizing sickness now open, what other ailments will follow? As lawmakers move to tack on additional diseases such as hepatitis and...
From the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment. Calls to punish people living with HIV--mostly stigmatized minorities--began b...
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573,28 zł |
Punishing Disease: HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness
ISBN: 9780520291607 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment. Calls to punish people living with HIV--mostly stigmatized minorities--began before doctors had even settled on a name for the disease. Punitive attitudes toward AIDS prompted lawmakers around the country to introduce legislation aimed at criminalizing the behaviors of people living with HIV. Punishing Disease explains how this happened--and its consequences. With the door to criminalizing sickness now open, what other ailments will follow? As lawmakers move to tack on additional diseases such as hepatitis and...
From the very beginning of the epidemic, AIDS was linked to punishment. Calls to punish people living with HIV--mostly stigmatized minorities--began b...
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151,41 zł |
Toss of the Coin: Choosing My Gay Destiny
ISBN: 9780998562216 / Angielski / Miękka / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Toss of the Coin: Choosing My Gay Destiny recounts Rob’s journey through life, from shy, perfect boy to audacious risk-taker. He travels from the blue-collar world of Chicago into the gay paradise of San Francisco, one of the most dynamic scenes of the late twentieth century.
There are adventures of all kinds and many decisions to be made. Rob hits the jackpot when he meets Denis and they begin a six-decade life together. On a whim and a prayer, Rob says yes to a proposal that thrusts him into the high-power world of real estate. The bubble bursts and Rob... Toss of the Coin: Choosing My Gay Destiny recounts Rob’s journey through life, from shy, perfect boy to audacious risk-taker. He tra... |
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85,22 zł |
Hiv/Aids: Diagnosis, Impacts and Management
ISBN: 9781632424822 / Angielski / Twarda / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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613,87 zł |
Giving birth to HIV
ISBN: 9781979820806 / Angielski / Miękka / 92 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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49,19 zł |