'Are we not human?' Stories of stigma, disability and HIV from Lusaka, Zambia and their implications for access to health services

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Parsons, Janet A ^a,b   Bond, Virginia A ^c,d   Nixon, Stephanie A ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STIGMA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ZAMBIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH EQUITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MULTICENTER STUDY;

DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH EQUITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL STIGMA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84934992874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127392     Document Type: Article

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