Disclosure and nondisclosure among people newly diagnosed with HIV: An analysis from a stress and coping perspective

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 181-190

  Hult, Jen R ^a   Wrubel, Judith ^a   Bränström, Richard ^b   Acree, Michael ^a   Moskowitz, Judith Tedlie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 84857838876     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2011.0282     Document Type: Article

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