Essays on Aids

The purpose of nursing research is to investigate lived experiences of AIDS orphans in an African community. Qualitative research methodology permits researchers to investigate orphaned children after an AIDS epidemic in the Nelson Mandela Bay area of Africa. “The experiences of AIDS orphans living in...

When AIDS first hit the United States in the early 1980s, it plagued marginalized communities that had since been ignored by the sociocultural and political world. The concentration of the illness within the LGBTQ+ community created tension and associated the illness to specific social groups....

AIDS, Autoimmune Deficiency Syndrome, became a chilling political and social issue throughout the nineteen eighties. President Reagan’s reaction, or lack thereof, to this growing crisis greatly impacted the lives of thousands. The Reagan Administration turned a blind eye to AIDS, “the gay disease”, focusing on...

The general definition of stigma identifies it as a manifestation of disgrace usually accompanying a specific circumstance viewed as shameful within society. Erving Goffman (1963) builds upon this idea by adding criteria such as “abominations of the body” or “blemishes of individual character” which ultimately...