The experience of HIV diagnosis among aboriginal people living with HIV/AIDS and depression

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 815-824

  Cain, Roy ^a   Jackson, Randy ^a   Prentice, Tracey ^b   Collins, Evan ^c   Mill, Judy ^d   Barlow, Kevin ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^e Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal people, North America; HIV AIDS; illness and disease, experiences; marginalized populations; social issues

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SHAME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; INUIT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; INUITS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHAME; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84876814942     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313482525     Document Type: Article

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