Living positively: The experiences of thai women living with HIV/AIDS in central Thailand

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 441-451

  Liamputtong, Pranee ^a   Haritavorn, Niphattra ^b   Kiatying Angsulee, Niyada ^c  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia, South Southeast; Asian people cultures; health and well being; HIV AIDS; interviews; lived experience; stigma; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THAILAND; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; THAILAND; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84857838438     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311421680     Document Type: Review

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