Result for "Silence" in Sexual & Reproductive Health

As the first book on terminating a pregnancy for medical reasons, this is an essential, supportive and informative guide to breaking this taboo. Terminating a pregnancy for medical reasons is one of the most common forms of baby loss—yet it is still taboo. Open this compassionate book to break...

Experience the gripping medical history of the HIV/AIDS crisis, where fierce LGBTQ+ activism fought government silence. Perfect for an educational commute, this immersive narrative transports you from the quiet emergence of a deadly virus to the massive global protests that revolutionized public...

In the mid 1980s, Canada's worst public health disaster was unfolding. Catastrophic mismanagement of the country's blood supply allowed contaminated blood to be knowingly distributed, infecting close to two thousand Canadians with HIV. Among them was Melanie Brooks's surgeon father who, after receiving a blood transfusion during open-heart surgery in 1985, learned he was HIV positive. At a time when HIV/AIDS was misunderstood and public perception was shaped by fear, prejudice, and homophobia, victims of the disease faced ostracism and persecution. Wanting to protect his family from this stigma, Melanie's father decided his illness would be a secret they'd all keep.