"Come back when you're dying:" The commodification of AIDS among California's urban poor

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1115-1127

  Crane, Johanna ^a   Quirk, Kathleen ^b   Van Der Straten, Ariane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cornerstone Consulting ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Heterosexuals; HIV seropositivity; Poverty; Qualitative interviews; Supplemental security income; USA

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; INCOME; POVERTY; SOCIAL POLICY; URBAN POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADDICTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYING; FEMALE; FOOD; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; WELFARE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; ECONOMIC COMPETITION; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICAID; POVERTY; SOCIAL SECURITY; SPOUSES; URBAN HEALTH;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036788761     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00252-0     Document Type: Article

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