TY - BOOK AU - Catalan, J. (ed) AU - Sherr, L. (ed) AU - Hedge, B. (ed) TI - The impacts of AIDS: psychological and social aspects of HIV infection SN - 9057020416 PY - 1997/// CY - Amsterdam PB - Harwood Academic KW - ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME, prevention and control KW - ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME, psychology KW - HIV INFECTIONS, prevention and control KW - HIV INFECTIONS, psychology KW - SOCIAL CONDITIONS N1 - Condom use in heterosexual sex: a review of research 1985-1994; initiating and maintaining safer sex: evaluation of group work with gay men; utilizing Peer education and target group empowerment to induce a diffusional behaviour change on a university campus; HIV/AIDS education in the workplace: ""it's not my responsibility""; ten years of AIDS images in the Puerto Rican Press: 1983-1992; drug injecting and the spread of HIV infection in south east Asia; network and sociohistorical approaches to the HIV epidemic among drug injectors; amphetamine injecting women and their primary partners: an analysis of risk behaviour; recognising and countering the psychological and economic impact of HIV on women in developing countries N2 - Paperback; From the start of the HIV epidemic, the psychological and social aspects of the AIDS infection have been recognized. What could have been regarded simply as an infectious disease was soon acknowledged as a global problem that raised important issues about its transmission and prevention: economic, ethical and legal questions regarding the mental health consequences and the need for access to medical and social care. This volume contains a selection of key contributions to the discussion on the psychological and social implications of HIV infection. It contains authoritative papers by senior practitioners and researchers in the field of the psychological and social aspects of HIV infection. The book should appeal to those involved in providing care for people with HIV infection as well as those involved in preventing the spread of the HIV infection ER -