Experiences of Contemplating Returning to Work for People Living with HIV/Aids

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4704552
AutoresStephanie Nixon (0000-0002-8987-0920, Joint Centre for Bioethics at the University of Toronto, Canada, autor de correspondencia), Rebecca Renwick (0000-0001-9583-0768, Graduate Department of Rehabilitation Science and Life Research Unit at the University of Toronto, Canada)
Año2003
Volumen13
Número9
Páginas1272-1290
Fecha de publicación2003-11-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732303257190
PMID14606413
OpenAlexW2147578424
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas13

In the mid-1990s, medical advances dramatically altered the experience of living with HIV/AIDS. The shifting medical climate spurred new social and financial questions, such as the possibility of returning to work. In this qualitative study, the authors examine how people living with HIV/AIDSperceive, attach meaning to, and approach the experience of returning to work. Findings demonstrate that the participants are influenced by, and wrestle with, both the dominant societal perspective that "people should return to work," and the oppositional perspective that people living with HIV/AIDS "should not return to work." Theoretical understanding of the results is enhanced using the concepts of the "sick role" and the "hierarchy of identities." Findings have conceptual and methodological implications for literature in HIV/AIDS, return to work, and identity

Family medicine · Hierarchy · Political science · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology · Gerontology