“What Will Become of Me if They Take This Away?” Zimbabwean Women's Perceptions of “Free” ART

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 667-676

  Gona, Clara M ^a   McGee, Eileen ^a   DeMarco, Rosanna ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

antiretroviral therapy (ART); HIV; interpretive phenomenology; uncertainty; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PERCEPTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84969944645     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2016.05.001     Document Type: Article

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