'My biggest fear was that people would reject me once they knew my status...': Stigma as experienced by patients in an HIV/AIDS clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-146

  Gilbert, Leah ^a   Walker, Liz ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Disclosure; HIV AIDS; South Africa; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77349094046     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00881.x     Document Type: Article

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