Family and HIV Today

by Robert Bor and Jonathan Elford

AIDS is not solely a medical issue but also has profound implications for social and family relationships. Traditionally when a person is ill, the family is seen to provide emotional, practical and social support. Experience has shown, however, that AIDS disrupts this conventional pattern of support. On the one hand AIDS, like any other serious illness, affects family members both from day to day and in the long term. What distinguishes AIDS from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B007YXV794
• ISBN13: 9780304701889
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.7" x 9.6"