Key emotional issues for couples of mixed HIV status

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 25-41

  Beckerman, Nancy L ^a   Letteney, Susan ^b   Lorber, Kim ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Couples; Emotional issues; HIV

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WORKER; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EMOTIONS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEAR; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NEW ENGLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0033635802     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v31n04_02     Document Type: Article

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