Ethnography of an HIV hotel.
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic has created new communities of need among people infected with the virus who are already marginalized by poverty, sexual activity and identity, and drug use. An ethnography of one residential hotel in San Francisco, based on the concept of culture, reveals some themes including the meanings of the hotel as a supportive community for residents, the meanings of drug use in this culture, and the meanings of working in such sites for some nurses.
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AIDS Outpatient Clinic, UCSF AIDS Program, San Francisco General Hospital, USA.
D000328:Adult; D000884:Anthropology, Cultural; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology; D006296:Health Services; D006798:Housing; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012495:San Francisco; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D014505:Urban Population