Family care in HIV/AIDS: exploring lived experience
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Main Author: D'Cruz, Premilla (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi SAGE Publications 2004
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-213) and index
Introduction: the dynamics of family care -- HIV/AIDS and family care -- Contextualizing the study -- Losing autonomy and redefining family relationships -- Struggling to prolong life -- Preserving family and learning whom to count on -- The way forward
This book vividly describes family care in HIV/AIDS through the lived experiences of caregivers and care receivers. It contributes to our knowledge not only because of the contemporary relevance of family caregiving, but also because of its focus on HIV/AIDS which, being a relatively new disease, is little understood yet poses unique challenges due to its stigmatising, long-drawn, debilitating and terminal nature. Based on a study conducted in Mumbai, Family Care in HIV/AIDS captures the lived experiences of 10 caregivers and seven care receivers belonging to diverse socio-economic groups and
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (218 pages)
ISBN:8132103262
9788132103264

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