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Women and AIDS: Psychological Perspectives (Gender and Psychology series) by Corinne Squire is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Women and AIDS: Psychological Perspectives (Gender and Psychology series) about?

<p>Academic and media discourse on AIDS and HIV has so far tended to ignore women, or, at best, has portrayed them either as transmitters of HIV to male partners and children, or as innocent victims of morally degenerate men. This book challenges such views and looks at the complex realities of women's relationships to HIV and AIDS.</p> <p>Pointing to the development of a feminist psychology of the subject, the book highlights key issues in the following areas: HIV antibody testing of women and its implications for reproductive rights; women's perceptions of HIV 'risk', with particular reference to sexuality and drug use; women's experiences of caring voluntarily and professionally for people living with HIV and AIDS; and representat</p>

Author

Corinne Squire

Publisher

SAGE Publications Ltd

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780803985889

Subjects

Social Science, Medical, Medicine