Working with Women and AIDS

Medical, Social and Counselling Issues

Judy Bury, Sheena McLachlan, Sheena Mclachlan , Val Morrison

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Routledge
03 December 1992

HIV & AIDS: social aspects; Gender studies: women; HIV & AIDS; Allergies

Women now account for one third of the ten million people with HIV infection worldwide. On World AIDS Day in December 1990 the World Health Organisation estimated that

three million women are currently HIV infected and are expected to die by the year 2000. Yet until recently women have found that the available information often did not apply to them, that most services were geared towards men and that doctors and other professionals were often unprepared for the particular issues that women raise. Working with Women with AIDS fills this important gap by providing factual information and practical advice about medical, social and counselling issues concerning women and HIV infection. It explores questions of relevance to those working with women affected by HIV and AIDS: Are women more likely to be infected heterosexually than men? What are the implications of childbearing? What has the impact of AIDS been on women working in the sex industry? Do women with HIV infection have different emotional needs from men? Written by people working in the field as

well as by women who are themselves HIV positive, Working with Women and AIDS provides a unique and readable combination of up-to-date medical information, a discussion of social issues, personal accounts and practical suggestions about ways of working with women affected by HIV and AIDS.

Edited by: Judy Bury, Sheena McLachlan, Sheena Mclachlan, Val Morrison
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 294g
ISBN: 9780415076586
ISBN 10: 0415076587
Pages: 170
Publication Date: 03 December 1992
Audience: Adult education , General/trade , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction Part I Background issues 1 Women and the AIDS epidemic: some medical facts and figures 2 Social issues: an overview 3 Reflections on women and HIV/AIDS in New York City and the United States Part II Contraception and pregnancy 4 Pregnancy, heterosexual transmission and contraception 5 Pregnancy and HIV: screening, counselling and services Part III Prostitution 6 HIV and the sex industry 7 Developing a service for prostitutes in Glasgow Part IV Education and counselling issues 8 Education and the prevention of HIV infection 9 Offering safer sex counselling to women from drug-using communities 10 Women as carers Part V Feelings and needs 11 Feelings and needs of women who are HIV positive 12 Being positive 13 Poems

Judy Bury is the Primary Care Facilitator (HIV/AIDS) for the Lothian Health Board; Val Morrison is a Research Psychologist in Health Psychology at the University of St Andrews; and Sheena McLachlan is a Project Worker with the Women and HIV/ AIDS Network in Lothian.

Reviews for Working with Women and AIDS: Medical, Social and Counselling Issues

`An important contribution in the area,it can be recommended for all people who wish to work with women and AIDS, or are involved in the planning, support, of funding of those who do.' - Drug & Alchol Review Vol 12 No 3 `... useful and readable paperback ...' - The Samaritan `Anyone working in HIV-prevention or working with women who are already HIV-postive or who have AIDS will find this book valuable.' - Community Care `This is an interesting, informative and in many ways pioneering book. It brings together issues of central concern to women with HIV/AIDS ... the book will be of interest to all health-care professionals and social workers.' - Nursing Times `...highly recommended for (its) eloquent insight and recomendations for service provision ... leave(s) the reader with a sense of optimism and pride.' `...well-written and user friendly. Kate Thomson and Ruth Gilfillan's contributions to the book are invaluable and courageous. Their experiences teach us a lot as professionals and human beings. This is a thought-provoking book for anyone working with women who are HIV positive or have AIDS.' - Care Weekly