Searching for information, understanding, and self-value: The utilization of peer support groups by gay men with HIV/AIDS

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 51-74

  Sandstrom, Kent L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0029788340     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v23n04_05     Document Type: Article

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