Despair and hopelessness in the context of HIV - A meta-synthesis on qualitative research findings

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 813-821

  Kylmä, Jari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Despair; Hopelessness; Human immunodeficiency virus; Meta synthesis; Nurses; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE EVENT; META ANALYSIS; MORALITY; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EMOTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 22644438954     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01154.x     Document Type: Article

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