I am also a human being! Antiretroviral treatment in local moral worlds

Anthropology and Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-84

  Mattes, Dominik ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ART; HIV AIDS; medical anthropology; morality; subjectivity; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY CONFLICT; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN DIGNITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; MALE; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; MORALITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CHRONIC DISEASE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MORALS; SOCIAL DISTANCE; TANZANIA;

EID: 84861811578     PISSN: 13648470     EISSN: 14692910     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2012.660463     Document Type: Article

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