It is not that I forget, it's just that I don't want other people to know: Barriers to and strategies for adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV patients in Northern Vietnam

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

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 139-145

  Van Tam, Vu ^a,b,c   Pharris, Anastasia ^a   Thorson, Anna ^a   Alfven, Tobias ^a   Larsson, Mattias ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c Uong Bi General Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

adherence; AIDS; antiretroviral therapy; barriers; HIV; qualitative research; stigma; strategies; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; AUDIO RECORDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOME DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUPPORT GROUP; VIET NAM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251521010     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.507741     Document Type: Article

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