Access to medical care is not the problem: Low-income status and health care needs among HIV-positive African-American women in Urban North Carolina

Human Organization

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 416-426

  O'Daniel, Alyson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

Author keywords

health care needs; HIV AIDS; neoliberal policy; poverty; women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ECONOMIC REFORM; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; NATIONAL ECONOMY; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONAL ECONOMY; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 82455174401     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.70.4.8711167kp8j273n7     Document Type: Review

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