Black Women's Risk for HIV: Rough Living

  1. Haig Donabedian, MD
  1. From the University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio.

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    Gentry QM. 282 pages. Philadelphia: Haworth Pr; 2007. $54.95. ISBN 9780789031709. Order at http://www.haworthpress.com.

    Field of medicine: HIV care and primary care of inner-city populations.

    Format: Hardcover and softcover book.

    Audience: Those caring for and providing services to impoverished black women.

    Purpose: To understand why inner-city black women are disproportionately at risk for HIV infection and how HIV affects their daily lives.

    Content: The book is an ethnographic study …

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