Coping with HIV as a chronic illness: A longitudinal analysis of illness appraisals

Psychology and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 509-531

  Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie ^a,b   Wrubel, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Chronic illness; Coping; HIV AIDS; Narrative analysis; Phenomenology

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544476827     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870440412331337075     Document Type: Article

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