UID:
edocfu_9958082735702883
Format:
1 online resource (119 pages) :
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illustrations (some colour); digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9783863951085
Series Statement:
Open Access e-Books
Content:
“She was given her own plate, her own cup, everything of her own, even when she just touched a cloth then nobody wanted to touch it again.” (Halima, HIV-seropositive) The book sheds light on the profound influence of an HIV-seropositive diagnosis on the lives of women and their social environment in the United Republic of Tanzania. The author, a medical doctor and social anthropologist, tells the story of six Tanzanian HIV-seropositive women, focusing on their negotiation and perception of illness and disease. Furthermore, the high levels of discrimination and stigmatization in the context of HIV-seropositivity that they experience are presented in detail, weaving together the impacts of an HIV-seropositive diagnosis with results analyzed both from a Medical Anthropology and Public Health perspective. Despite a new era of antiretroviral treatment, available in Tanzania free of cost, that has given cause for hope in a change in how the disease is perceived, the book impressively underlines that being HIV-seropositive remains a great challenge and heavy burden for women in Tanzania.
Note:
Introduction -- 1. Medical anthropology -- 2. Illness and disease - inequal substitutes -- 3. Stigmatization and discrimination - an explanatory approach -- 4. HIV & AIDS -- 5. The research study -- 6. Methodology -- 7. Results -- 8. Interpretation of the results -- 9. Conclusion and the way forward.
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Also available in print form.
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Text in English.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 3863951085
Language:
English
