Link to slower access to care: What is the stigma? An Indian perspective

Current HIV/AIDS Reports

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 235-240

  Kandwal, Rashmi ^a   Bahl, Taru ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b Specializes in Health Issues HIV/AIDS and Development ^*  (India)

Author keywords

AIDS; Discrimination; HIV; India; NACP; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; STIGMA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EID: 81355148916     PISSN: 15483568     EISSN: 15483576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11904-011-0096-2     Document Type: Article

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