The Social Dimensions of AIDS: Method and Theory - Hardcover

Douglas A. Feldman; T. M. Johnson

 
9780275921101: The Social Dimensions of AIDS: Method and Theory

Synopsis

A collection of original papers on the nature of AIDS social research, this volume brings together anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, and public health researchers to consider the methodological, empirical, and conceptual aspects of the problem. Unlike other studies, which focus on the medical and epidemiological aspects of AIDS, this study specifically focuses on the social aspects of the disease, the response of the community and medical profession, and the effects of the epidemic upon the gay subculture. Consideration is given to methodological shortcomings in the research on the social aspects of AIDS as well as reports of original research.

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About the Author

DOUGLAS A. FELDMAN is a Medical Anthropologist and President of D. A. Feldman & Associates, a behavioral and program evaluation organization in Hollywood, Florida. He is co-editor of The Social Dimensions of AIDS (Praeger, 1986) and editor of Culture and AIDS (Praeger, 1990). Dr. Feldman has conducted AIDS social research on adolescents in Zambia, persons with AIDS in Rwanda, dentists in Florida, and gay men in New York and Florida . He founded the AIDS and Anthropology Research Group of the Society for Medical Anthropology and co-founded the American Anthropological Association's Task Force on AIDS.

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