The Resource Quicksand : HIV/AIDS in our lives, Anonymous
Quicksand : HIV/AIDS in our lives, Anonymous
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The item Quicksand : HIV/AIDS in our lives, Anonymous represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mercer County Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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- Summary
- Weaving together her own story with straightforward questions and answers, the author explains the real ways that HIV/AIDS can be transmitted and explores the common experiences and emotions that might be encountered by friends and family members of someone who has the virus. She also discusses why HIV/AIDS is often still kept a secret and the importance of treating this condition like any other. With up-to-date medical information that has been thoroughly vetted by experts, this first-person narrative offers an invaluable look at what it is like to watch someone you know battle HIV/AIDS
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 103 p.
- Contents
-
- Why I wrote this book: the still hidden world of HIV/AIDS in America
- Quicksand: Jay's diagnosis
- False fears: ways the virus is not spread
- Trapped by stigma: keeping Jay's secret
- Hit by a ton of bricks: the emotional toll
- Slowly stealing life: Jay's treatment and side effects
- Lifelines: still be a friend
- Many small deaths: Jay's final days
- Vision of hope: another family story
- Isbn
- 9780763615895
- Label
- Quicksand : HIV/AIDS in our lives
- Title
- Quicksand
- Title remainder
- HIV/AIDS in our lives
- Statement of responsibility
- Anonymous
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Weaving together her own story with straightforward questions and answers, the author explains the real ways that HIV/AIDS can be transmitted and explores the common experiences and emotions that might be encountered by friends and family members of someone who has the virus. She also discusses why HIV/AIDS is often still kept a secret and the importance of treating this condition like any other. With up-to-date medical information that has been thoroughly vetted by experts, this first-person narrative offers an invaluable look at what it is like to watch someone you know battle HIV/AIDS
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 335539
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- Y 616.97/92
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RC606.6
- LC item number
- .Q45 2009
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 7
- 12
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- AIDS (Disease)
- AIDS (Disease)
- AIDS phobia
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- HIV/AIDS in our world
- Label
- Quicksand : HIV/AIDS in our lives, Anonymous
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-98) and index
- Contents
- Why I wrote this book: the still hidden world of HIV/AIDS in America -- Quicksand: Jay's diagnosis -- False fears: ways the virus is not spread -- Trapped by stigma: keeping Jay's secret -- Hit by a ton of bricks: the emotional toll -- Slowly stealing life: Jay's treatment and side effects -- Lifelines: still be a friend -- Many small deaths: Jay's final days -- Vision of hope: another family story
- Control code
- ocn312444691
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 103 p.
- Isbn
- 9780763615895
- Lccn
- 2009007761
- System control number
- (OCoLC)312444691
- Label
- Quicksand : HIV/AIDS in our lives, Anonymous
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 95-98) and index
- Contents
- Why I wrote this book: the still hidden world of HIV/AIDS in America -- Quicksand: Jay's diagnosis -- False fears: ways the virus is not spread -- Trapped by stigma: keeping Jay's secret -- Hit by a ton of bricks: the emotional toll -- Slowly stealing life: Jay's treatment and side effects -- Lifelines: still be a friend -- Many small deaths: Jay's final days -- Vision of hope: another family story
- Control code
- ocn312444691
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 103 p.
- Isbn
- 9780763615895
- Lccn
- 2009007761
- System control number
- (OCoLC)312444691
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