Chinese HIV-positive patients and their healthcare providers: Contrasting confucian versus western notions of secrecy and support

Advances in Nursing Science

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 329-342

  Chen, Wei Ti ^a   Starks, Helene ^a   Shiu, Cheng Shi ^a   Fredriksen Goldsen, Karen ^a   Simoni, Jane ^a   Zhang, Fujie ^b   Pearson, Cynthia ^d   Zhao, Hongxin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Ditan Hospital ^*

Author keywords

AIDS; China; Confucianism; Healthcare provider; HIV disclosure; Privacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; RELIGION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CHINA; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONFUCIANISM; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 36248955457     PISSN: 01619268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ANS.0000300182.48854.65     Document Type: Article

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