Life with HIV as a chronic illness: A theoretical and methodological framework for antiretroviral treatment studies in resource-limited settings

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 368-391

  Wouters, Edwin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

competent communities; family resilience; HIV AIDS; hybrid identity; IFC model; resource limited countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868100480     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2012.12     Document Type: Article

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