Social Support Networks of Confidants to People with AIDS.

Jankowski, Stephen

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ERIC Number: EJ538864

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1996

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Social Support Networks of Confidants to People with AIDS.

Jankowski, Stephen

Social Work, v41 n2 p206-13 Mar 1996

Reports findings of intensive, semistructured interviews with 11 confidants to persons with AIDS (PWAs). AIDS has a devastating impact on the social support networks of those most closely involved with PWAs. Numerous changes were observed in the confidants' supportive resources, network structure, and functioning. (Author/FC)

Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Caregiver Role, Caregivers, Counselor Client Relationship, Diseases, Emotional Response, Health Personnel, Helping Relationship, Physical Health, Physician Patient Relationship, Social Support Groups, Social Work, Stress Management, Stress Variables

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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