AIDS stigma in health services in the Eastern Caribbean

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-34

  Rutledge, Scott Edward ^a   Abell, Neil ^b   Padmore, Jacqueline ^c   McCann, Theresa J ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY   (Grenada)

Author keywords

Grenada; Health care; HIV AIDS; Stigma; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GRENADA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECORDING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CARIBBEAN REGION; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GRENADA; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; STEREOTYPING; TAPE RECORDING; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 58849164968     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01133.x     Document Type: Article

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