Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-203) and index.
Contents
Introduction -- "Feeling like nothing": receiving an HIV diagnosis and initial disruption -- Living with HIV infection: the impact of illness on everyday life -- Toward legitimation: coping with HIV/AIDS -- Social support: the role of informal networks in women's lives -- Women as carers: the dual challenge of caregiving and living with HIV infection -- Multiple assaults on self: the relative impact of HIV/AIDS on women's lives -- Disruption and repair: lessons from women's illness experiences.
Summary
"Women's Experiences with HIV/AIDS: Mending Fractured Selves examines the impact of HIV/AIDS on women, the fastest-growing subgroup of the HIV-infected population of the United States. Based on interviews with HIV-infected women, the book gives voice to their experiences. These courageous women speak candidly about the impact of illness on their lives in interviews that highlight key issues pertinent to living with the infection, including the everyday impact of an HIV diagnosis and the effect of the disease on women's social and familial roles."--BOOK JACKET.