'Doing' chronic illness? Complementary medicine use among people living with HIV/AIDS in Australia

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 375-389

  Thorpe, Rachel D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Choice; Chronic illness; Complementary medicine; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THEORETICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV LONG-TERM SURVIVORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 63849107871     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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