Plans to hasten death among gay men with HIV/AIDS: Relationship to psychological adjustment

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-136

  Goggin, K ^a   Sewell, M ^b   Ferrando, S ^b   Evans, S ^b   Fishman, B ^b   Rabkin, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SUICIDE;

EID: 0034008348     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120050001805     Document Type: Article

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