Sub-Saharan African women living with HIV/AIDS: An exploration of general and spiritual coping strategies

Social Work

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-37

  Hodge, David R ^a,b,d   Roby, Jini L ^c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Mail Code 3251 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Coping; HIV AIDS; Spirituality; Sub Saharan Africa; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 76649115908     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/55.1.27     Document Type: Article

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