Percentages, process, and patterns of HIV disclosure among the spouses of HIV-infected men in South India

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-29

  Suhadev, Mohanarani ^a   Mahadevan, Udaya ^b   Dilip, Meenalochani ^a   Suryanarayanan, Devaraj ^a   Sikhamani, Rajasekaran ^c   Thomas, Beena ^a  

^a INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^c Government Hospital for Thoracic Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

disclosure of HIV status; India; Tamilnadu; wives of HIV infected persons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPOUSE; MALE;

CONFIDENTIALITY; DISCLOSURE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; SPOUSES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 79952287444     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109710369027     Document Type: Article

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