Despondency Among HIV-Positive Older Men and Women in Uganda

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 319-333

  Wright, Stuart ^a,b   Zalwango, Flavia ^c   Seeley, Janet ^b,c,d   Mugisha, Joseph ^c,d   Scholten, Francien ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Despondence; HIV and AIDS; Hope; Social isolation; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UGANDA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 84870390434     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-012-9178-x     Document Type: Article

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