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Mortal Secrets : Truth and Lies in the Age of AIDS.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (233 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780801881473
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mortal SecretsDDC classification:
  • 362.1/969792
LOC classification:
  • RA643.8 .K56 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Secrets, Lies, and Private Life -- 1 Getting Tested: Uncovering the Truth -- 2 Sexual Partners: Sex, Love, and Disclosure -- 3 Secrets and "Secret Secrets": Disclosure in Families -- 4 Disclosure in Other Worlds: Friends, Co-workers, and Going Public -- 5 Dangerous Acts -- 6 Making Moral Judgments -- Conclusion: Secrets in Public Life -- Appendix: Interview Guide -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- U -- V.
Summary: "An engaging consideration of the competing and sometime contradictory values that influence disclosure decisions in the lives of HIV-positive adults... [and] a stimulating and deeply satisfying discussion of the tensions inherent in disclosure stories." -- American Journal of Psychiatry "An in-depth look at the motivations, beliefs, and practices of those who must decide to get tested and if positive, whether or not to disclose, and when." -- JAMA "An interesting book that social workers need to read so as to understand their clients concerns. A recommended book for all academic libraries." -- AIDS Book Review Journal.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Secrets, Lies, and Private Life -- 1 Getting Tested: Uncovering the Truth -- 2 Sexual Partners: Sex, Love, and Disclosure -- 3 Secrets and "Secret Secrets": Disclosure in Families -- 4 Disclosure in Other Worlds: Friends, Co-workers, and Going Public -- 5 Dangerous Acts -- 6 Making Moral Judgments -- Conclusion: Secrets in Public Life -- Appendix: Interview Guide -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- S -- T -- U -- V.

"An engaging consideration of the competing and sometime contradictory values that influence disclosure decisions in the lives of HIV-positive adults... [and] a stimulating and deeply satisfying discussion of the tensions inherent in disclosure stories." -- American Journal of Psychiatry "An in-depth look at the motivations, beliefs, and practices of those who must decide to get tested and if positive, whether or not to disclose, and when." -- JAMA "An interesting book that social workers need to read so as to understand their clients concerns. A recommended book for all academic libraries." -- AIDS Book Review Journal.

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