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God in Control: Women's Perspectives on Managing HIV Infection

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  • Elizabeth K. Woodard
  • Richard Sowell

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Women with HIV face a number of challenges in living with this chronic, life-threatening illness: economic, physical, social, and emotional. When discussing their illness the importance these women place on having a strong spiritual life is a consistent theme. In this study, women were asked to describe and explain what spirituality meant to them, and how they used it in living with HIV. The results indicate that, in opposition to what some contemporary providers fear, HIV+ women use their spiritual life to enhance the care prescribed by providers, rather than using their faith to avoid mainstream sources of care. In addition, women related the importance of spirituality in dealing with everyday life. Knowledgeable providers can incorporate discussions of spirituality in their care of women with HIV and, in the process, potentially improve the therapeutic results of their HIV-specific care.

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  • Elizabeth K. Woodard & Richard Sowell, 2001. "God in Control: Women's Perspectives on Managing HIV Infection," Clinical Nursing Research, , vol. 10(3), pages 233-250, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:clnure:v:10:y:2001:i:3:p:233-250
    DOI: 10.1177/c10n3r2
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