Description

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Educator Patti Lather and psychologist Chris Smithies observed and chronicled support groups for women diagnosed with HIV. Whether black, Latina, poor, or middle class, the women in these groups share the common bond of living with HIV/AIDS, and they describe how it affects their lives in terms full of practical reality and moving poignancy, as the.

About the Author

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Patricia A Lather is associate professor of education and associated women's studies at Ohio State University. Christine S Smithies is a feminist psychologist with a private practice in Columbus, Ohio.