Retained in HIV Care But Not on Antiretroviral Treatment: A Qualitative Patient-Provider Dyadic Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Christopoulos, Katerina A ^a   Olender, Susan ^b   Lopez, Andrea M ^a   Lekas, Helen Maria ^c   Jaiswal, Jessica ^c   Mellman, Will ^c   Geng, Elvin ^a   Koester, Kimberly A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VIRUS LOAD; YOUNG ADULT; CALIFORNIA; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEW YORK; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAN FRANCISCO; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84940736019     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001863     Document Type: Article

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