Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

SAGETRACK

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Qualitative Health Research
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Powell-Cope, G. M.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by Powell-Cope, G. M.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Complore   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati   Add to Twitter  
What's this?

The Experiences of Gay Couples Affected by HIV Infection

Gail M. Powell-Cope

College of Nursing, University of South Florida, Tampa

The purpose of this study was to describe the experiences of gay couples when at least one was diagnosed with symptomatic HIV infection or AIDS. Grounded theory provided the methodological basis for the study. In-depth interviews were conducted with nine couples yielding approximately 50 hours of interview data. Being a couple affected by HIV Infection was perceived as a major life transition as both partners were confronted by multiple losses including possible death of the person with AIDS, dissolution of the relationship, health, independence, intimacy, and privacy. Processes of this transition included hitting home, mutual protection, and moving on.

Qualitative Health Research, Vol. 5, No. 1, 36-62 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/104973239500500104
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Complore Complore   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati   Add to Twitter Twitter    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 J Transcult NursHome page
B. Geurtsen
Quality of Life and Living With HIV/AIDS in Cambodia
J Transcult Nurs, January 1, 2005; 16(1): 41 - 49.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Qual Health ResHome page
R. Spirig
In Invisibility and Isolation: The Experience of HIV-Affected Families in German-Speaking Switzerland
Qual Health Res, December 1, 2002; 12(10): 1323 - 1337.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Journal of Family NursingHome page
K. A. Knafl and C. L. Gilliss
Families and Chronic Illness: A Synthesis of Current Research
Journal of Family Nursing, August 1, 2002; 8(3): 178 - 198.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Journal of Social and Personal RelationshipsHome page
S. M. Haas
Social Support as Relationship Maintenance in Gay Male Couples Coping with Hiv or Aids
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, February 1, 2002; 19(1): 87 - 111.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Qual Health ResHome page
J. Barroso and G. M. Powell-Cope
Metasynthesis of Qualitative Research on Living with HIV Infection
Qual Health Res, May 1, 2000; 10(3): 340 - 353.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Qual Health ResHome page
B. Paterson, S. Thorne, J. Crawford, and M. Tarko
Living with Diabetes as a Transformational Experience
Qual Health Res, November 1, 1999; 9(6): 786 - 802.
[Abstract] [PDF]

Home page
 Qual Health ResHome page
M.-A. Brown and K. Stetz
The Labor of Caregiving: A Theoretical Model of Caregiving During Potentially Fatal Illness
Qual Health Res, March 1, 1999; 9(2): 182 - 197.
[Abstract] [PDF]