'We are not fresh': HIV-positive women talk of their experience of living with their 'spoiled identity'

South African Journal of Psychology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-44

  Rohleder, Poul ^a   Gibson, Kerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Identity; Illness narratives; Spoiled identity; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747069701     PISSN: 00812463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/008124630603600103     Document Type: Review

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