title: Quality of life and living with HIV/AIDS in Cambodia.
abstract: This qualitative study was
  
  
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  ability to maintain life functioning, describing QoL before getting sick and current hardships; isolation and the desire for connection with others, describing how perceived stigmatization, discrimination, and alienation affect QoL; anticipating the future, describing fears about future QoL; and reflection, describing the effect of vulnerable relationships and regrets on QoL. For the participants of this study, secrets and silence, selective disclosure, living in the present, and hopefulness were means of promoting achievement of QoL outcomes of being able to meet basic needs, having a sense of belonging, and having a safe and caring connection with others.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID, USA.
authors.forename: Babette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Geurtsen
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D002160:Cambodia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004645:Empathy; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D036301:Qualitative Research; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012934:Social Isolation; D012944:Social Support; D013240:Stereotyping; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D014505:Urban Population