"I'm sorry, you're positive": A qualitative study of individual experiences of testing positive for HIV

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

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-188

  Hult, Jen R ^a   Maurer, Stephanie A ^a   Moskowitz, Judith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; HIV; Testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NARRATIVE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SAN FRANCISCO; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649117945     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802017602     Document Type: Article

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