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Author Kaplan, Lauren, author

Title People living with HIV in the USA and Germany : a comparative study of biographical experiences of chronic illness / Lauren Kaplan
Published Wiesbaden : Springer VS, [2014]
©2014

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Contents Financial Freedom and Autonomy -- Stigma: Appearance, Privacy, and Visibility -- Migration Experiences: Asylum Seeker Social Policy and Barriers to U.S. Travel -- Reversal of Agency: Denial and the Construction of Alternate Reality
Summary Lauren Kaplan illuminates the problematic issues in the life experiences of people living with HIV. She focuses on the challenges embedded in social policy such as access, cost and availability of quality medical care as well as immigration policies, which can restrict the freedom of people to travel, work, and live in different nations and regions. Another focus are stigma, discrimination as well as existential struggles of identity, meaning, and reality. By engaging in a transnational comparison, the author identifies areas of strength and weakness in domestic U.S. policy as compared to social policies in Germany. Contents Financial Freedom and Autonomy Stigma: Appearance, Privacy, and Visibility Migration Experiences: Asylum Seeker Social Policy and Barriers to U.S. Travel Reversal of Agency: Denial and the Construction of Alternate Reality Target Groups Researchers and students from the fields of sociology, public health, and psychology Practitioners and policy makers in health care The Author Lauren Kaplan completed her doctoral dissertation at the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main. She is now a research officer in the Department of Social Policy and Intervention at Oxford University
Analysis sociologie
sociology
kwaliteit van het leven
quality of life
sociale wetenschappen
social sciences
Social Sciences (General)
Sociale wetenschappen (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Print version record
Subject HIV infections -- Social aspects
HIV infections -- Social aspects -- United States
HIV infections -- Social aspects -- Germany
HIV Infections -- prevention & control
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
HIV infections -- Social aspects
Germany
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9783658052676
3658052678