Reproductive decision-making among HIV-positive couples in Taiwan

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-47

  Ko, Nai Ying ^a,b   Muecke, Marjorie ^a,c  

^a Lambda Beta at Large ^*  (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples with HIV; Feminist ethnography; Gender based power relationships; Reproductive decision making

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; TAIWAN; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFUCIANISM; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FEMINISM; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL VALUES; SPOUSES; TAIWAN;

EID: 18244396378     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2005.00008.x     Document Type: Article

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