title: Hope and spiritual well-being: essentials for living with AIDS.
abstract: Without a cure on the horizon there is a need to identify ways to sustain hope and spiritual well-being in patients with AIDS. This article examines the impact of AIDS on the emotional and spiritual health of its victims and summarizes current research findings on spiritual well-being in the ill. It also summarizes the authors' study on hope and existential and spiritual well-being in a group of 65 adult male patients who were either serum positive for the human immunodeficient virus or who had been diagnosed with AIDS Related Complex or AIDS.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Carson
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Soeken
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shanty
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Terry
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D005086:Existentialism; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009013:Morale; D009042:Motivation; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012718:Set, Psychology