Contributors discuss the differences between women within and across cultures and how local attitudes and traditions can affect the prevention of, or vulnerability to HIV/AIDS.
-Provides a decidely feminist perspective on the issue of HIV / AIDS. The editors have gathered an eclectic group of contributors, balanced along the lines of gender and discipline. All chapters are well-written, provocative, and challenging. . . . Two major perspectives are represented by the book as a whole: health care professional and personal lived-experienced. . . . Throughout, gender inequities about this unique disease and its management are addressed in powerful ways.
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