"no one can ask me 'Why do you take that stuff?'": Men's experiences of antiretroviral treatment in South Africa

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 355-360

  Fitzgerald, Molly ^a   Collumbien, Martine ^a   Hosegood, Victoria ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Gender; Health care experiences; HIV; Men; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EXPECTATION; FAMILY; GUILT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; OPTIMISM; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; SELF CONTROL; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISCLOSURE; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951062856     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903111536     Document Type: Article

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