African American Women Living with HIV/AIDS: Families as Sources of Support and of Stress

Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-171

  Owens, Sharon ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Families; HIV AIDS; Women

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0038074369     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/48.2.163     Document Type: Article

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