Surviving Hiv/AIDS in the Inner City: How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds

by Sabrina Marie Chase

Book Overview

Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City explores the survival strategies of poor, HIV-positive Puerto Rican women by asking four key questions: Given their limited resources, how did they manage an illness as serious as HIV/AIDS? Did they look for alternatives to conventional medical treatment? Did the challenges they faced deprive them of self-determination, or could they help themselves and each other? What can we learn from these resourceful...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813553555
• ISBN13: 9780813553559
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary