The process of disclosing positive HIV status: Findings from qualitative research

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-18

  Cusick, Linda ^a   Rhodes, Tim ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0002032574     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/136910599301139     Document Type: Article

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