Understanding and Addressing Stigma and Attachment Insecurity in HIV-Positive Women Who Experience Intimate Partner Violence: A Model of Medical and Psychosocial Care

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 213-231

  Davis, Katy B ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

attachment; health care; HIV; intimate partner violence; stigma; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OBJECT RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OBJECT ATTACHMENT; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84859602668     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981389.2011.614835     Document Type: Article

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