Challenging the Paradigm: Anthropological Perspectives on HIV as a Chronic Disease

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 303-317

  McGrath, Janet W ^a   Winchester, Margaret S ^b   Kaawa Mafigiri, David ^a,c   Walakira, Eddy ^c   Namutiibwa, Florence ^c   Birungi, Judith ^c   Ssendegye, George ^c   Nalwoga, Amina ^c   Kyarikunda, Emily ^c   Kisakye, Sheila ^c   Ayebazibwe, Nicolas ^c   Rwabukwali, Charles B ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

antiretroviral treatment; chronic disease; HIV AIDS; identity work; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, MEDICAL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903535129     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2014.892483     Document Type: Article

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