Stigma Reported by People Living With HIV in South Central China

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-30

  Li, Xianhong ^a   Wang, Honghong ^a   Williams, Ann ^a   He, Guoping ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

AIDS; antiretroviral treatment; China; discrimination; HIV; poverty; stigma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 57949094555     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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