Coming Out as Ill: Understanding Self-Disclosure in Chronic Illness from a Meta-Synthesis of Qualitative Research

Reviewing Research Evidence for Nursing Practice: Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 73-83

  Paterson, Barbara L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIDS; Antiretroviral therapy; Chronic illness; Meta synthesis; Social sciences

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449106386     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470692127.ch7     Document Type: Chapter

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