Conceptualisation of the body for people living with HIV: Issues of touch and contamination

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 840-857

  Chapman, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body; Contamination; HIV AIDS; Representations; Stigma; Touch

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034310165     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.00233     Document Type: Article

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