To tell or not to tell: Men's disclosure of their HIV-positive status to their mothers

Family Relations

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 184-196

  Shehan, Constance L ^a   Uphold, Constance R ^b   Bradshaw, Patrick ^b   Bender, Joyce ^b   Arce, Natalie ^b   Bender, Bradley ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Family communication; HIV AIDS; Mother son relationship; Self disclosure; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844594254     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0197-6664.2005.00015.x     Document Type: Review

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