HIV diagnosis disclosure: Stigma management and stigma resistance

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 366-381

  Poindexter, Cynthia Cannon ^a   Shippy, R Andrew ^b  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ACRIA Center on HIV and Aging   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; AIDS; Disclosure; HIV; Older adults; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DUTY TO RECONTACT; ETHICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL WORK;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; DUTY TO RECONTACT; DUTY TO WARN; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; MIDDLE AGED; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 77952377066     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634371003715841     Document Type: Article

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