An 'elephant in the room'? Stigma and hepatitis C transmission among HIV-positive 'serosorting' gay men

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 601-610

  Owen, Gareth ^a  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gay men; Hepatitis C; HIV; Serosorting; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMPATHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEPATITIS C; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MIXED INFECTION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STIGMA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEPATITIS C; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PREJUDICE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHAME; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 48249113704     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050802061673     Document Type: Article

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