When the time comes to talk about HIV: Factors associated with diagnostic disclosure and emotional distress in HIV-infected children

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 309-317

  Lester, Patricia ^a,g   Chesney, Margaret ^b   Cooke, Molly ^c   Weiss, Robert ^d   Whalley, Patrick ^e   Perez, Berenice ^h   Glidden, David ^c   Petru, Ann ^f   Dorenbaum, Alejandro ^c   Wara, Diane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Adolescent HIV/AIDS San Francisco Tenderloin Clinic   (United States)

^f CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND   (United States)

^g Center for Community Health   (United States)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Anxiety; Diagnostic disclosure; Pediatric HIV

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0036840322     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200211010-00006     Document Type: Article

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