"It is not an easy decision on HIV, especially in Zambia": Opting for silence, limited disclosure and implicit understanding to retain a wider identity

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

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 6-13

  Bond, Virginia Anne ^a,b  

^a ZAMBART   (Zambia)

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

Author keywords

Africa; disclosure; HIV; stigma; TB

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIGMA; ZAMBIA;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; ZAMBIA;

EID: 77955250098     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121003720994     Document Type: Article

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