Readings in the Sociology of AIDS

by Lemelle, Anthony J., Jr.; Harrington, Charlene; Leblanc, Allen J.; Lemelle, Anthony J., Jr.; Harrington, Charlene

• ISBN13: 9780136392613
• ISBN10: 013639261X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

A supplement for one-quarter/semester, undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Sociology of AIDS, American Society, Health and Aging, Policy Analysis in Health, Public Health, Social Problems, Urban Sociology, Law and Society, and Gay and Lesbian Studies. Unique in its comprehensive coverage, authoritative breadth, and focus on the sociological (rather than the biomedical and behavioral) issues of HIV/AIDS, this collection of readings highlights the human consequences of the diseaseboth for groups and for established social structures. In relatively nontechnical articles that are accessible to a broad range and level of students, it addresses three specific dimensions of HIV/AIDS crisistransmission, outreach for infected and affected, and the social implications of the diseaseand explores the ways that different groupse.g., the medical and legal professions, the state, the health care industry, families, and scientistsinteract as a result of the AIDS crisis. Students are thus exposed to the full range of social, cultural, historical, policy, and economic issues surrounding the HIV/AIDS crisis.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
What is Sociological About Aids?	1	(30)
AIDS in Historical Perspective: Four Lessons from the History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases	3	(12)
Allan M. Brandt
Understanding AIDS: Historical Interpretations and the Limits of Biomedical Individualism	15	(16)
Elizabeth Fee
Nancy Krieger
Social Epidemiology and Demography	31	(34)
HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	33	(8)
The Social Impact of HIV/AIDS in Developing Countries	41	(15)
Renee Danziger
Prevalence of HIV Infection in the United States, 1984 to 1992	56	(9)
John M. Karon
Phillip S. Rosenberg
Geraldine McQuillan
Meena Khare
Marta Gwinn
Lyle R. Petersen
Identity and Behavior	65	(34)
Risk Perception, Risk Taking and Risk Management Among Intravenous Drug Users: Implications for AIDS Prevention	67	(13)
Margaret M. Connors
Living with HIV Infection: Adaptive Tasks of Seropositive Gay Men	80	(19)
Karolynn Siegel
Beatrice J. Krauss
The Life Course	99	(18)
Disclosure of Diagnosis to Children with Human Immunodeficiency Virus or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome	101	(9)
Michael Lipson
AIDS Risk Behaviors Among Late Middle-aged and Elderly Americans	110	(7)
Ron Stall
Joe Catania
Caregiving	117	(42)
Sustaining Informal Caregivers for Persons with AIDS	119	(15)
Linda A. Wardlaw
The Physical Costs of AIDS Caregiving	134	(9)
Allen J. LeBlanc
Andrew S. London
Carol S. Aneshensel
The Bereavement Process: Loss, Grief, Recovery	143	(16)
Joseph T. Mullan
Leonard I. Pearlin
Marilyn M. Skaff
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Collective Behavior	159	(36)
Examining HIV-Related Knowledge Among Adults in the U.S.	161	(14)
Allen J. LeBlanc
Silence, Death, and the Invisible Enemy: AIDS Activism and Social Movement ``Newness''	175	(20)
Josh Gamson
Social Stratification	195	(40)
Is AIDS a Disease of Poverty?	198	(17)
P. Gillies
K. Tolley
J. Wolstenholme
The Underrecognition of HIV Infection in Women in an Inner-City Emergency Room	215	(6)
Ellie E. Schoenbaum
Mayris P. Webber
AIDS Surveillance among American Indians and Alaska Natives	221	(6)
Russ Metler
George A. Conway
Jeanette Stehr-Green
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study, 1932 to 1972: Implications for HIV Education and AIDS Risk Education Programs in the Black Community	227	(8)
Stephen B. Thomas
Sandra Crouse Quinn
Organizations and Services	235	(20)
Access to Medical Care and Health-Related Quality of Life for Low-Income Persons with Symptomatic Human Immunodeficiency Virus	237	(8)
William E. Cunningham
Ron D. Hays
Kevin W. Williams
Keith C. Beck
Wilfrid J. Dixon
Martin F. Shapiro
Adoption of HIV-Related Services Among Urban US Hospitals 1988 and 1991	245	(4)
Allen J. LeBlanc
Robert E. Hurley
Differences in Access to Zidovudine (AZT) among Symptomatic HIV-Infected Persons	249	(6)
Michael D. Stein
John Piette
Vincent Mor
Tom J. Wachtel
John Fleishman
Kenneth H. Mayer
Charles C.J. Carpenter
Health Professions and Occupations	255	(22)
The Evolution of a Public Health Policy: Health Care Providers and the Transmission of HIV	257	(6)
Sally Guttmacher
Hospital Nurses' Occupational Exposure to Blood: Prospective, Retrospective, and Institutional Reports	263	(6)
Linda H. Aiken
Douglas M. Sloane
Jennifer L. Klocinski
Worksite AIDS Education: A Case Study of the New York City Police	269	(8)
Judith K. Barr
Leon J. Warshaw
Economics	277	(16)
Health Insurance Coverage among Persons with AIDS: Results from a Multistate Surveillance Project	279	(5)
Theresa Diaz
Susan Y. Chu
Lisa Conti
Bernard L. Nahlen
Bruce Whyte
Eve Mokotoff
Anne Shields
Patricia J. Checko
Mary Herr
Quaiser Mukhtar
Cornelis A. Rietmeijer
Anna Levy
Pat Hermann
James W. Buehler
The Marketplace of HIV/AID$	284	(4)
Jon Cohen
Protease Inhibitors: A Tale of Two Companies	288	(5)
Jon Cohen
Public Policy	293	(18)
Sounding Board: Targeted HIV-Prevention Programs	295	(7)
Don C. Des Jarlais
Nancy S. Padian
Warren Winkelstein, Jr.
Toward a New Health Strategy to Control the HIV/AIDS Pandemic	302	(9)
Jonathan Mann
Daniel Tarantola
Jeff O'Malley
Index	311