Negotiating cultures: Disclosure of HIV-positive status among people from minority ethnic communities in Sydney

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-152

  Körner, Henrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Gay men; Heterosexual men and women; Interdependence; Self reliance

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMMUNITY LIVING; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HETEROSEXUALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33847685604     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050600975462     Document Type: Article

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