Hope, despair and hopelessness in living with HIV/AIDS: A grounded theory study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 764-775

  Kylmä, Jari ^a   Vehvilainen Julkunen, Katri ^a   Lähdevirta, Juhani ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Despair; Dynamics of hope; Grounded theory; Hope; Hopelessness; Person living with HIV or AIDS

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE COURSE; FEAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORALITY; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0035290173     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01712.x     Document Type: Article

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