‘It’s a very isolating world’: the journey to HIV care for women living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada;‘Es un mundo muy aislante’: el viaje hacia el cuidado del VIH para las mujeres que viven con VIH en Colombia Británica, Canadá

Gender, Place and Culture

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 941-954

  Carter, Allison ^a,b   Greene, Saara ^c   Nicholson, Valerie ^b   O’Brien, Nadia ^d   Dahlby, Julia ^a   de Pokomandy, Alexandra ^d,e   Loutfy, Mona R ^f,g   Kaida, Angela ^b  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; CHIWOS; HIV; place; socio spatial; space; therapeutic landscapes; women

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

NICA;

EID: 84941248498     PISSN: 0966369X     EISSN: 13600524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0966369X.2015.1073701     Document Type: Article

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