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Women Poverty & Aids Sex Drugs

by Paul Farmer

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Synopsis:

The face of AIDS is increasingly that of a woman: in some regions, women already constitute the majority of those infected. This book overviews the status of women in the global AIDS pandemic, and analyzes large-scale economic, political, and cultural forces that continue to place millions of women at increased risk for HIV infection. Case studies; charts; glossary; bibliography.

Description:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-456) and index.
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About the Author

Paul Farmer is Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard medical School and Founding Director of Partners in Health. The subject of a just released biography by Tracy Kidder, Farmer is the author of The Uses of Haiti, Infections and Inequalities, and AIDS and Accusation. Greg Bates is Publisher at Common Courage Press.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781567510744
Subtitle:
Sex, Drugs and Structural Violence
With:
Simmons, Janie
With:
Conners, Margaret
Author:
Farmer, Paul
Author:
Simmons, Janie
Author:
Connors, Margaret
Publisher:
Common Courage Press LANGUAGE: eng
Location:
Monroe, Me. :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Women's Studies
Subject:
Health and hygiene
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
AIDS & HIV
Subject:
Diseases
Subject:
Social conditions
Subject:
Poor women
Subject:
Aids
Subject:
Poor women -- Diseases.
Subject:
AIDS (Disease) in women -- Sex factors.
Subject:
Women's Studies - General
Subject:
General Political Science
Edition Description:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series:
Series in health and social justice
Series Volume:
TN-246
Publication Date:
January 1996
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
xxi, 473 p.
Dimensions:
7.67x4.99x1.30 in. .98 lbs.
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"Synopsis" by , The face of AIDS is increasingly that of a woman: in some regions, women already constitute the majority of those infected. This book overviews the status of women in the global AIDS pandemic, and analyzes large-scale economic, political, and cultural forces that continue to place millions of women at increased risk for HIV infection. Case studies; charts; glossary; bibliography.
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