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In this nation, in this decade, there is only one way to deal with an individual who is sick-with dignity, with compassion, care and confidentiality, and without discrimi nation. Statement made by President George Bush at the National Business Leadership Conference This book is about the care of sick human beings. It is about the heroic struggle of individuals with AIDS. It is about their daily coping in the workplace and at home; about economic problems, the loss of friendship and family support, and physical and emotional pain. But it is also about empowering them to deal with their disease, viewing them not as victims but as warriors, vital and active par ticipants in their battle against AIDS. This book is also about the social context in which HIV-infected persons and people with AIDS live. It is about how we must learn to deal with sickness in more compassionate and humanitarian ways and what we yet need to learn. It touches on the health care system that confronts those who are ill, on programs of prevention and education, and on the personal implications of broader national and local policies.

Contents:

Sellin et al.). AIDS< Families, and Adolescents: Adolescents and AIDS: Coping Issues (J. Hunter et al.). Mothers with AIDS (M.H. Antoni et al.). Psychotherapy of the HIVPositive Patient and the Family: An Integrated Approach (S.H. Shaw). Living with AIDS: Coping Processes, Strategies, and Personal Resources among Persons with HIV Spectrum Disease (D.D. Celentano et al.). Workplace Issues and Strategies Concerning HIV (I. JillsonBoostrum). Coping with AIDS and Substance Abuse (B.G. Faltz). Dying with AIDS: Dying with AIDS (A. Teguis). Living with AIDS: Surviving Grief (R. Griffin). A Personal Perspective on Living and Dying with AIDS (A.J. Puentes). AIDS and Special Groups: Coping with HIV Disease in the Army (A.E. Norwood et al.). The Impact of Human Immunodefiency Virus on minority Populations (I. JillsonBoostrum). Coping with AIDS in Hemophilia (B.W. Wicklund et al.). Index.