Continuities and discontinuities in the experiences of felt and enacted stigma among women with HIV/AIDS

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1165-1190

  Lekas, Helen Maria ^a   Siegel, Karolynn ^a   Schrimshaw, Eric W ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Discrimination; Enacted stigma; Ethnicity; Felt stigma; Gender; HIV AIDS; Race; Stereotype; Stigma consciousness

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STIGMA;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749612148     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732306292284     Document Type: Article

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