UID:
edocfu_9958062336402883
Format:
1 online resource (217 p.)
ISBN:
1-134-56990-4
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1-134-56991-2
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0-585-45154-0
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0-203-46789-2
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1-280-31794-9
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9786610317943
Series Statement:
Social aspects of AIDS
Content:
Sex, Work and Professionalism examines what happens when professional concern is defined in terms of sex. Based on original fieldwork with outreach workers in HIV prevention it addresses issues of professionalism, emotion work and boundaries, integrating empirical insights with sociological theory. In most professional relationships sex is not defined as part of the relationship, in fact it is explicitly excluded in guidelines and codes of ethics. HIV prevention outreach workers work in sexual environments with a sexually defined target group and are often employed on the basis
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Sex, Work and Professionalism Working in HIV/AIDS; Copyright; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Series editor's preface; Introduction; Part 1 Orientations; 1 Sex, work and professionalism: theoretical issues; 2 Reflexivity, identity and boundaries; 3 HIV prevention, gay communities and outreach work; Part 2 Why boundaries?; 4 Sex, sexuality and work; 5 The impact of work on personal life; Part 3 How boundaries are made; 6 Boundary work; 7 Professionalism and sexual identity; 8 Professionalism and work-life balance; Notes; Bibliography; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-23321-6
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-415-23320-8
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203467893
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