Understanding and responding to HIV/AIDS stigma and disclosure: An international challenge for mental health nurses

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 394-402

  Sowell, Richard L ^a   Phillips, Kenneth D ^b  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COUNSELING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COUNSELING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; PREJUDICE; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL VALUES; STEREOTYPING; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 77952126787     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01612840903497602     Document Type: Article

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