Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City

How Resourceful Latinas Beat the Odds

By:

Sabrina Chase

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Studies in Medical Anthropology

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Surviving HIV/AIDS in the Inner City explores the survival strategies of poor, HIV-positive Puerto Rican women by asking four key questions: Given their limited resources, how did they manage an illness as serious as HIV/AIDS? Did they look for alternatives to conventional medical treatment? Did the challenges they faced deprive them of self-determination, or could they help themselves and each other? What can we learn from these resourceful women? Based on her work with minority women living in Newark, New Jersey, Sabrina Marie Chase illuminates the hidden traps and land mines burdening our current health care system as a whole. For the women she studied, alliances with doctors, nurses, and social workers could literally mean the difference between life and death. By applying the theories of sociologist Pierre Bourdieu to the day-to-day experiences of HIV-positive Latinas, Chase explains why some struggled and even died while others flourished and thrived under difficult conditions. These gripping, true-life stories advocate for those living with chronic illness who depend on the health care "safety net." Through her exploration of life and death among Newark's resourceful women, Chase provides the groundwork for inciting positive change in the U.S. health care system.

Author Biography:

SABRINA MARIE CHASE is a medical anthropologist specializing in family medicine and racial and ethnic health care disparities. She is a health care researcher at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Release date Australia

March 22nd, 2012

Author

Sabrina Chase

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Edition

First Paperback Edition

Illustrations

3 tables and 8 figures

Pages

228

Series

Studies in Medical Anthropology

Dimensions

152x229x13

ISBN-13

9780813553559

Product ID

19546357

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