"I will start treatment when I think the time is right": HIV-positive gay men talk about their decision not to access antiretroviral therapy

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

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 693-708

  Gold, R S ^a   Ridge, D T ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DIARRHEA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIVER TOXICITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; AUSTRALIA; DIARRHEA; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VOMITING;

EID: 0035659080     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120120076869     Document Type: Article

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