Birth in the age of AIDS women, reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India / Cecilia Van Hollen.

Author/creator Van Hollen, Cecilia Coale
Format Electronic
Publication InfoStanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2013]
Descriptionxii, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
AIDS (Disease) in pregnancy--India.
Pregnant women--Services for. --India.
HIV-positive women--Services for. --India.
HIV infections--Transmission. --India. --Prevention.
AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects. --India.
Childbirth--Social aspects. --India.
Medical anthropology--India.

Contents Prologue : into the well and out again -- Birth in the age of AIDS -- India responds to the epidemic -- "The HIV test is like an immunization" : scenes from prenatal HIV counseling -- "I don't need my husband's permission?" : women's views on HIV/AIDS and decisions about prenatal testing -- HIV/AIDS and the gendering of stigma -- To birth or not to birth? : constraints and pragmatics in HIV-positive women's childbearing decisions -- HIV-positive women give birth : deception and determination -- Breast or bottle? : HIV-positive women's responses to global health policy on infant feeding -- Creating a storm : activists' hopes and mothers' fears -- Epilogue : memory boxes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 253-264) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2012040243
ISBN9780804784221 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0804784221 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780804784238 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN080478423X (pbk. : alk. paper)

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