Shrouded in Secrecy: Breaking the News of HIV Infection to Ghanaian Women

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 6-16

  Mill, Judy E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMOTION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; GHANA; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 0037270359     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659602238345     Document Type: Article

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