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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
Health SA Gesondheid | Vol 10, No 1 | a187 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/hsag.v10i1.187 | © 2005 H G Pretorius, N Goldstein, A D Stuart | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 08 November 2005 | Published: 08 November 2005

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H G Pretorius, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
N Goldstein, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
A D Stuart, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

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Abstract

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.

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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.

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