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"Can You Give Me Respect?" Experiences of the Urban Poor on a Dedicated AIDS Nursing Home Unit

Date

Authors

Hughes, Ann Maree

Davies, Betty

Gudmundsdottir, Maria

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Abstract

In this interpretive phenomenology study, 10 impoverished adults with advanced HIV disease, ages 35 to 58 years, described their understanding of dignity and their everyday experiences in an urban AIDS-dedicated nursing home unit. Three group interviews,

Keywords

Keywords: acquired immune deficiency syndrome; article; female; human; male; middle aged; nursing; nursing home; poverty; urban population; Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Nursing Homes; Poverty; Urban Population dignity; health disparities; HIV; homeless; marginalization; minorities; nursing home; palliative care; qualitative research; race; respect; substance abuse; urban poor

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/82247

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1016/j.jana.2008.04.008

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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