Managing and resisting stigma: A qualitative study among people living with HIV in South Africa

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Abrahams, Naeemah ^a   Jewkes, Rachel ^a  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Discrimination; HIV stigma; Internalized stigma; Living with HIV; Perceived stigma; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; STIGMA; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867437028     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.15.2.17330     Document Type: Article

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