Now here come the pills that are going to save your life: Pharmacists' discussions of antiretroviral drugs in a context of life and death

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

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 807-813

  Watermeyer, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

antiretroviral; HIV AIDS; interaction; pharmacist; qualitative

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOPE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFE SUSTAINING TREATMENT; LONG TERM CARE; PHARMACIST ATTITUDE; PHARMACY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PHARMACISTS; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOUTH AFRICA; VALUE OF LIFE;

EID: 79960360498     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.534640     Document Type: Article

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