Coping with HIV: Caribbean people in the United Kingdom

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1060-1075

  Anderson, Moji ^a   Elam, Gillian ^b   Solarin, Ijeoma ^c   Gerver, Sarah ^c   Fenton, Kevin ^d   Easterbrook, Philippa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Coping and adaptation; HIV AIDS; Illness and disease; Interviews; Minorities; Responses; Semistructured

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIBBEAN REGION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 68349095000     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309341191     Document Type: Article

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