Partnership and pragmatism : Germany's response to AIDS prevention and care /
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| Imprint: | London ; New York : Routledge, 2000. |
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| Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Social aspects of AIDS Social aspects of AIDS. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11125877 |
| Summary: | This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most important themes in German HIV/AIDS prevention and care from the beginning of the epidemic to the present. Multidisciplinary in approach, it highlights the unique contributions of Germany to AIDS work, making available for the first time knowledge which can be applied to other countries as well as to other fields of public health practice. Topics discussed include: <br> *structural prevention, a concept which unites political and behavioural change<br> *the synchronistic relationship between AIDS policy and gay politics<br> *the dominance of love and intimacy over other 'risk factors'<br> *an approach to prevention among drug users which emphasis human rights and accepts the using behaviour<br> *a unique partnership between public authorities and the voluntary sector<br> *services for women working in cross-national border prostitution<br> *an AIDS survivor syndrome among gay men<br> *HIV in the context of emotional risks taken by women in relationships.<br> In addition, specifically German themes are described, including special needs of gay men from the former East Germany, the difficulties of providing adequate outpatient care for people with HIV/AIDS and the history of the AIDS prevention debate in Germany.<br> The book offers medical, nursing, public health, sociological, psychological and social work perspectives on the German response to AIDS. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 254 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585462216 9780585462219 9780203470480 0203470486 9780415241052 0415241057 9780415241069 0415241065 9781134549757 113454975X 9781134549702 1134549709 9781134549740 1134549741 9781138881426 1138881422 9786610543687 6610543682 |