Living positively: Narrative strategies of women living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-68

  Levy, Jennifer M ^a   Storeng, Katerini T ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERSONALITY; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 33847221157     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470601106343     Document Type: Article

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