Exploring the social meaning of curing HIV: A qualitative study of people who inject drugs in Guangzhou, China

AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-84

  Chu, Carissa E ^a,b   Wu, Feng ^c   He, Xi ^d   Ma, Qingyan ^b   Cheng, Yu ^c   Cai, Weiping ^d   Volberding, Paul ^a   Tucker, Joseph D ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNC Project China   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Guangzhou Eighth People's Hospital   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; METHADONE TREATMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF INJECTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WELLBEING; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL STIGMA; VIROLOGY;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; METHADONE;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; METHADONE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL MARGINALIZATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 84937124578     PISSN: 08892229     EISSN: 19318405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/aid.2014.0200     Document Type: Article

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