Infected Kin : Orphan Care and AIDS in Lesotho.

AIDS has devastated communities across southern Africa. In Lesotho, where a quarter of adults are infected, the wide-ranging implications of the disease have been felt in every family, disrupting key aspects of social life. In Infected Kin, Ellen Block and Will McGrath argue that AIDS is fundamental...

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Online Access:Electronic book from JSTOR
Main Author: Block, Ellen.
Other Authors: McGrath, Will.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2019.
Series:Medical Anthropology Ser.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover Page; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Preface: On Collaboration and Suffering; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: AIDS Is a Kinship Disease; Chapter 1. Kinship First; Chapter 2. Medical Pluralism in a Low-Resource Setting; Chapter 3. "Like Any Other Disease"; Chapter 4. Orphan Care and the Family; Conclusion: Infected Kin; Acknowledgments; Glossary of Sesotho Terms; Notes; References; Index; About the Authors