Lazarus Phenomena: An exploratory study of gay men living with HIV

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-114

  Thompson, Bruce ^a  

^a Roger William University   (United States)

Author keywords

Gay; HIV; Men; Social work

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DISABILITY; EXPERIENCE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTIMACY; LAZARUS PHENOMENON; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL WORK; SURVIVAL TIME; WORK;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; EMPLOYMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RHODE ISLAND; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0041843762     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v37n01_05     Document Type: Article

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