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AIDS, impact on the family. [videorecording]

[Princeton, N.J.] : Films for the Humanities, c1990 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE AV/9100075A

Abstract: (Producer) AIDS, like other terminal diseases, burdens the patient and his or her family with the pain and trauma of dying, as well as job discrimination, fear of contamination, and the loss of friends who are embarrassed by illness and afraid of contamination. In addition, AIDS carries a social stigma, as if the disease were a dirty secret rather than a deadly virus. This program examines some of the realities: how AIDS is actually transmitted and how innocent many of its sufferers are; how many cases of infection are the result of sexually active teens believing that it can't happen to them; how vital to patients and their families community support is; and how, whether we live in large cities or small rural communities, AIDS is an epidemic that is already affecting us all in one way or another.
Keywords: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PSYCHOLOGY Family/*PSYCHOLOGY *Public Opinion *Rural Population United States MONOGRAPHKWDacquiredimmunodeficiencysyndrome/KWDpsychologyfamily/KWDpsychologyKWDpublicopinionKWDruralpopulationunitedstatesmonograph
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