Is AIDS chronic or terminal? The perceptions of persons living with AIDS and their informal support partners

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 835-843

  Hoy Ellis, C P ^a   Fredriksen Goldsen, K I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SPOUSES; TERMINALLY ILL;

EID: 34548065223     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701203360     Document Type: Article

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