A multidimensional conceptual framework for understanding HIV/AIDS as a chronic long-term illness.
New treatment advances have radically altered the course of HIV illness and created new challenges for HIV-affected individuals, families, and communities. This article provides a conceptual framework for understanding HIV in the multiple contexts of the client's culture, strengths, life course, and biomedical progression. The article concludes with a discussion of HIV prevention and treatment adherence as key focal points for social workers and their clients.
Mitchell
Christopher G
CG
Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois, Chicago 60607, USA. cgm@uic.edu
Linsk
Nathan L
NL
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D014481:United States
D019380:Anti-HIV Agents