Shattered assumptions: Time and the experience of long-term HIV positivity

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 561-571

  Davies, Michele L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Death; HIV; Long term survival; Time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEATH; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COHORT STUDIES; EXISTENTIALISM; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SURVIVORS; TIME;

EID: 0031023265     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00177-3     Document Type: Article

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