Holding on - African American Women Surviving Hiv/aids

Informationen zum Autor Alyson O'Daniel is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Indianapolis. Her work has appeared in Transforming Anthropology and Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness.  Klappentext Alyson O¿Daniel¿is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Indianapolis. Her work has appeared in¿Transforming Anthropology¿and¿Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness.¿ Zusammenfassung Anthropologist Alyson O’Daniel analyses the abstract debates about health policy for the sickest and most vulnerable Americans, as well as the services designated to help them, by taking readers into the daily lives of poor African American women living with HIV disease at the advent of the 2006 Treatment Modernization Act. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of TablesAcknowledgmentsAuthor's NoteIntroduction: Hidden in Plain Sight1. "Other" Stories of Social Policy and hiv Survival2. The Local Landscape of hiv/aids Care3. Urban Poverty Three Ways4. The Pedagogy of Policy Reform5. Using "Survival" to Survive, Part I6. Using "Survival" to Survive, Part IIConclusion: Life beyond SurvivalAppendix 1: Demographic Characteristics of Study Participants at Time of First InterviewAppendix 2: Study Participants' Analytic CategoriesAppendix 3: Glossary of Service Program AcronymsNotesReferencesIndex

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• Authors: &apos, Alyson daniel, O&apos, Alyson O'Daniel, Alyson O''daniel
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2016
• EAN: 9780803269613
• ISBN: 978-0-8032-6961-3
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: Anthropology of Contemporary North America; Anthropology of Contemporary North America; Anthropology of Contemporary N
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General