The Endangered Self: Identity and Social Risk

by Gill Green and Elisa J. Sobo

Book Overview

To date, the majority of HIV/AIDS research has concentrated on education and prevention for those with a seronegative status, while studies of HIV positive individuals have been concerned with their potential to infect others. The Endangered Self however, focuses on how the discovery of an HIV positive status affects the individual's sense of identity, on the experience of living with HIV and its effects on the individual's social relationships. In...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857289102
• ISBN13: 9781857289107
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.5"