Mothers with HIV/AIDS and their children: Disclosure and guardianship issues

Women and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-54

  Simoni, Jane M ^a   Davis, Michelle L ^a   Drossman, Jill A ^a   Weinberg, Beth A ^a  

^a YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Custody; Disclosure; Hiv AIDS; Mothers; Psychosocial adaptation

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUSTODY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 0033781395     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v31n01_03     Document Type: Article

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