Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences (Nov 2005)

Meaning-making of a group of South Africans in their experience of living with HIV: a phenomenological study

  • H G Pretorius,
  • N Goldstein,
  • A D Stuart

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v10i1.187
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1

Abstract

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With the primary focus of disease specific studies on the medical and biological transmission and progression of HIV/AIDS, the lived experience and meaning-making of individuals who live with this disease, is a literary scarcity. Opsomming Met die primêre fokus van siektespesifieke studies op die mediese en ook biologiese oordrag en progressie van MIV/VIGS, is daar ‘n literêre skaarste oor die geleefde ondervinding en betekenisgewing van individue wat met hierdie siekte leef. *Please note: This is a reduced version of the abstract. Please refer to PDF for full text.