Medical promise and the recalibration of expectation: Hope and HIV treatment engagement in a transitional setting

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1050-1059

  Rhodes, Tim ^a   Bernays, Sarah ^a   Terzić, Katarina Janković ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Expectation; HIV treatment; Hope; Promise; Serbia; Transition; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CALIBRATION; DISEASE TREATMENT; GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MONITORING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SERBIA; TIME FACTORS; UNCERTAINTY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SERBIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 61749096565     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.12.017     Document Type: Article

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