{"product_id":"the-aids-challenge-mary-obrien-9780865692473","title":"The AIDS Challenge: Breaking Through the Boundaries","description":"\u003cp\u003eO'Brien describes the coping strategies that long-term survivors of HIV employ to promote positive quality of life. She also explores the impact of the virus on family members, friends, and caregivers; their strategies for dealing with HIV are identified as well. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book has two unique features. First, the creative coping strategies developed to deal with HIV are explored primarily through the words of those living and\/or working with the virus. O'Brien utilized more than 350 hours of tape-recorded interviews to glean the insightful and poignant anecdotes which describe their walk with HIV. Second, the HIV-positive individuals described are long-term survivors of the virus. Although that population consists primarily of gay men, the case is made that they are the first group of people with HIV to experience long-term survival; thus, their coping strategies and those of the people close to them provide a model for others moving into the survivor category. An important resource for nurses, social workers, chaplains, others in fields working with HIV\/AIDs patients, and their families and friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary O'Brien\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0865692475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865692473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Praeger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/25\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.64h x 6.44w x 0.73d","brand":"Mary O'Brien","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087026401535,"sku":"9780865692473","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d1469a08-a9c3-4d92-8cda-aedabd730189.jpg?v=1769097873","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-aids-challenge-mary-obrien-9780865692473","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}