Type of Document	Dissertation
Author	Gosling, Anne
URN	etd-06062008-162629
Title	Pain, courage, and wisdom :stories of women living with HIV
Degree	PhD
Department	Family and Child Development
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Fu, Victoria R. Committee Chair Good, Charles M. Jr. Committee Member Goodsell, Charles T. Committee Member Protinsky, Howard O. Jr. Committee Member Stith, Sandra M. Committee Member
Keywords	narrative feminism
Date of Defense	1995-04-05
Availability	restricted
Abstract This is a descriptive study of women with Human Immune Deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). Women have been neglected in social science research and literature on HIV/AIDS (Anastos & Marte, 1989, Corea, 1992). Unfortunately even when women with HIV / AIDS have been studied it has been in relation to their role as transmitters of the disease (through prostitution and child birth) not as suffers of the deadly disease themselves (Carovano, 1991). This study recounts an insider's perspective of the learnings, strengths, and challenges of women living with HIV through their stories. Themes identified through qualitative analysis in these stories provide policy recommendations for practitioners and directions for further social science research.
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