Alternative therapies: A common practice among men and women living with HIV

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 17-27

  Gore Felton, Cheryl ^a   Vosvick, Mark ^b   Power, Rachel ^c   Koopman, Cheryl ^d   Ashton, Eric ^c   Bachmann, Michael H ^c   Israelski, Dennis ^e   Spiegel, David ^c,d  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^e Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative supplements; Complementary treatment; HIV

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DAPSONE; DIDANOSINE; GARLIC EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LAMIVUDINE; LYSINE; MULTIVITAMIN; NEVIRAPINE; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; RITONAVIR; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE INHIBITOR; SAQUINAVIR; VITAMIN; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE HERB; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MEDITATION; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; YOGA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CALIFORNIA; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SEX FACTORS; WOMEN;

EID: 0038166472     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1055329003014003002     Document Type: Article

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