Sex, drugs, and love among the middle aged: A case study of a serodiscordant heterosexual couple coping with HIV

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-83

  Poindexter, Cynthia Cannon ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Addictions; Aging couple; Hiv positive; Narrative analysis; Serodiscordant; Social workers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845655299     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J160v03n02_05     Document Type: Article

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