Chapter 6 Recovering mothers' experiences of HIV/ AIDS health activism in Edinburgh, 1983- 2000

• Autore principale: Elizabeth, Hannah J. (auth)
• Natura: Elettronico Capitolo di libro
• Lingua: inglese
• Pubblicazione: Manchester University Press 2022
• Soggetti: History of medicine; HIV / AIDS; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000; 21st century history: from c 2000 -; European history; oral history; health work; children's health; Scotland; injecting drug use; health education; mothering; AIDS stigma; activism; Edinburgh
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Edinburgh was disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS in the early 1980-1990s, and women and children were affected in higher numbers there than elsewhere in the UK. Edinburgh's AIDS crisis also followed a different pattern, with new infections predominantly occurring among IV drug users and he...