Karen L Pliskin
Biographic Data
| ID | 640032 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen L Pliskin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen L |
| FAMILY NAME | Pliskin |
| SIGNATURE | PLISKIN K L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, San Francisco |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Verbal Intercourse and Sexual Communication: Impediments to STD Prevention
This article explores the problems of risky sexual behavior by examining the ways people verbally negotiate sexual interaction regarding sexually transmitted diseases. Based on in-depth interviews with 124 adults (ages 21-63) who are infected with genital herpes, the article shows that knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases is not necessarily related to the action needed for their prevention. People are more afraid of being rejected by a p…
Vagina dentata revisited: Gender and asymptomatic shedding of genital herpes
Going Public
Silent Boundaries-Cultural Constraints on Sickness and Diagnosis of Iranians in Israel
Silent Boundaries: Cultural Constraints on Sickness and Diagnosis of Iranians in Israel
Camouflage, Conspiracy, and Collaborators: Rumors of the Revolution
A well-educated, wealthy, 35-year-old woman from Tehran reported the following: “Someone I know has a man working for him whose brother is a gravedigger. He dug graves for those murdered in Jaleh Square 40 days ago. He said they needed a bulldozer to dig the ground for all the dead. An entire tent was filled with chadors. Fifty thousand people were killed.” The Jaleh Square incident of Tehran was a momentous event in the Iranian revolution, marki…
Verbal Intercourse and Sexual Communication: Impediments to STD Prevention
This article explores the problems of risky sexual behavior by examining the ways people verbally negotiate sexual interaction regarding sexually transmitted diseases. Based on in-depth interviews with 124 adults (ages 21-63) who are infected with genital herpes, the article shows that knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases is not necessarily related to the action needed for their prevention. People are more afraid of being rejected by a p…
Going Public
Camouflage, Conspiracy, and Collaborators: Rumors of the Revolution
A well-educated, wealthy, 35-year-old woman from Tehran reported the following: “Someone I know has a man working for him whose brother is a gravedigger. He dug graves for those murdered in Jaleh Square 40 days ago. He said they needed a bulldozer to dig the ground for all the dead. An entire tent was filled with chadors. Fifty thousand people were killed.” The Jaleh Square incident of Tehran was a momentous event in the Iranian revolution, marki…
Silent Boundaries-Cultural Constraints on Sickness and Diagnosis of Iranians in Israel
Silent Boundaries: Cultural Constraints on Sickness and Diagnosis of Iranians in Israel
Going Public
Vagina dentata revisited: Gender and asymptomatic shedding of genital herpes
Verbal Intercourse and Sexual Communication: Impediments to STD Prevention
This article explores the problems of risky sexual behavior by examining the ways people verbally negotiate sexual interaction regarding sexually transmitted diseases. Based on in-depth interviews with 124 adults (ages 21-63) who are infected with genital herpes, the article shows that knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases is not necessarily related to the action needed for their prevention. People are more afraid of being rejected by a p…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Family medicine (2 works) · Genital herpes (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (2 works) · Population (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Reproductive health (2 works) · Sex organ (2 works)