Living with HIV: The psychological relevance of meaning making

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 241-245

  Plattner, I E ^a   Meiring, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 33645164060     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120500456227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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