Life Story of and Depression in an HIV-Positive Pregnant Thai Woman Who Was a Former Sex Worker: Case Study

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-39

  Ross, Ratchneewan ^a,b   Sawatphanit, Wilaiphan ^a,b   Suwansujarid, Tatirat ^a,b   Draucker, Claire B ^a,b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUNSELING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFE EVENT; NEWBORN; NURSING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; BUDDHISM; COUNSELING; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROSTITUTION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33846553481     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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