Description: AIDS is not solely a medical issue: it also has profound implications for social and family relationships. 'This is the first book to address the issue of how AIDS and HIV affect the family and it draws on the work of experienced counsellors, researchers and practitioners world-wide. What distinguishes AIDS from so many other illnesses is the associated social stigma and the fact that HIV may be transmissible, or may have been transmitted within a relationship. Most psychological and social research has concentrated on the impact of AIDS on individuals. Only recently has attention turned to the effect of AIDS on the family.

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