An appointment with God: AIDS, place, and spirituality

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 35-45

  Miller Jr , Robert L ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEATH; EXPERIENCE; HEALING; HOMOPHOBIA; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PHOBIA; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 15544380933     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490509552255     Document Type: Article

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