Disclosure decisions: HIV-positive persons coping with disease-related stressors

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1249-1259

  Rodkjaer, Lotte ^a   Sodemann, Morten ^b   Ostergaard, Lars ^a   Lomborg, Kirsten ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

constant comparison; depression; disclosure; grounded theory; HIV AIDS; research, qualitative; stress distress

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECORDING; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAPE RECORDING; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051537725     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311405803     Document Type: Article

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