Deconstructing the myth of HIV/AIDS : one man's story

Robbertse, Ilse

dc.contributor.advisor	Snyders, F.J.A.
dc.contributor.author	Robbertse, Ilse
dc.date.accessioned	2010-07-02T09:06:18Z
dc.date.available	2010-07-02T09:06:18Z
dc.date.issued	2009-11
dc.identifier.citation	Robbertse, Ilse (2009) Deconstructing the myth of HIV/AIDS : one man's story, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3404>	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3404
dc.description.abstract	HIV/Aids is a worldwide pandemic and as South Africans we are at the epicentre of this global health crisis. The harrowing statistics are useful as a means to quantify a horrific situation; however, what these facts do not do is provide connection amidst the uncertainty surrounding the disease. This research aims to bridge the disconnection and break the silence that weaves a net around the illness and those infected by it. This is done by deconstructing one man’s story of his journey with HIV; by looking at his personal epistemology; and by contextualising his story within his family and within the society in which he lives, South Africa. Finally, it is my reflections and interpretations that form the bridge between a construct of HIV/Aids and a life lived with the disease.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (ix, 121 leaves)
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	HIV/AIDS	en
dc.subject	Postmodernism	en
dc.subject	Narrative theory	en
dc.subject	South African discourse	en
dc.subject	Stigmatisation	en
dc.subject	Discrimination	en
dc.subject	Disclosure	en
dc.subject.ddc	362.196979200968
dc.subject.lcsh	AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	AIDS (Disease) -- Social aspects -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh	AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Family relationships -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh	AIDS (Disease) -- South Africa -- Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcsh	HIV-positive persons -- South Africa -- Case studies
dc.subject.lcsh	HIV infections -- Social aspects -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Discrimination -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Stigma (Social psychology) -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcsh	Narrative therapy -- South Africa
dc.title	Deconstructing the myth of HIV/AIDS : one man's story	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Psychology
dc.description.degree	M. A. (Clinical Psychology)