Southern Africa is experiencing an HIV/AIDS pandemic with devastating effects. In this thesis I suggest why prevention efforts have failed to stem the pandemic. Then I argue that developed countries have a duty to help the developing world fight the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Arguments grounded in justice and in vulnerability are used to reach this conclusion. Next, I suggest that developed countries have not done enough to help. I develop and advocate the Socioecological Medicine Approach as a conceptual framework to help address the HIV/AIDS pandemic. This approach is a useful perspective because it is holistic, embraces web causation, emphasizes interconnectedness, encourages communities to play an active role in responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, and encourages humans to adopt a more harmonious place in our environment. The most important conclusion is that HIV/AIDS is a symptom of inequality and poverty, therefore both symptoms and their root causes must be addressed to stem the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.80241 |
| Date | January 2003 |
| Creators | Comber, Julie |
| Contributors | Glass, Kathleen (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Division of Experimental Medicine.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002032078, proquestno: AAIMQ98610, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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