Making sense of HIV infection: Discourse and adaptation to life with a long-term HIV positive diagnosis

Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-119

  Crossley, Michele L ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversion; Discourse; HIV positive diagnosis; Loss; Narrative; Normalizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001930013     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136345939900300104     Document Type: Article

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