Migration Narratives: Expanding Methods to Examine the Interaction of Person and Environment Among Aging Gay Men

Journal of Gerontological Social Work

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 219-236

  van Sluytman, Laurens ^a   Braine, Naomi ^b   Acker, Caroline ^c   Friedman, Sam ^d   DesJarlais, Don C ^e  

^a MORGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^e Baron Edmond de Rothschild Chemical Dependency Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

culture; elders; ethnicity; gay men; migration; migration narrative; social work practice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84876000016     PISSN: 01634372     EISSN: 15404048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2013.766295     Document Type: Article

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