If i didn't have HIV, i'd be dead now: Illness narratives of drug users living with HIV/AIDS

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 586-605

  Mosack, Katie E ^a   Abbott, Maryann ^b   Singer, Merrill ^c   Weeks, Margaret R ^b   Rohena, Lucy ^c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITY RESEARCH   (United States)

^c HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug users; HIV AIDS; Illness narratives; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PLANNING; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; THEORY; URBAN AREA; WORK; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VIROLOGY; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 21744446442     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732304271749     Document Type: Article

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