ISSN:
0145-9740
Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
Medical anthropology : cross-cultural studies in health and illness
Publ. der Quelle:
London [u.a.] : Taylor & Francis
Angaben zur Quelle:
Vol. 34, No. 2 (2015), p. 124-138
DDC:
570
Abstract:
Various forms of silence are understood to characterize the response to HIV/AIDS in the Lihir Islands in Papua New Guinea. While some efforts have been made to prevent HIV and educate residents, these seem not to have been in proportion to its classification as a high-risk setting for transmission, given social factors associated with the Lihir gold mine. Confidentiality is both practiced yet critiqued in Lihir as another form of silencing that detracts from efforts to emphasize the serious nature of HIV, promote its prevention, and care for those who live with it. 'Breaking the silence' has come to be seen as key to preventing HIV in Lihir, yet while certain silences are acknowledged, others have escaped scrutiny.
Note:
Copyright: Copyright © 2014 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC 2014
DOI:
10.1080/01459740.2014.944263
URL:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01459740.2014.944263
URL:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25226438
URL:
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1657374002
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