TY - JOUR
KW - Adaptation, Psychological
KW - Adult
KW - Culture
KW - Family
KW - Female
KW - HIV Infections
KW - Humans
KW - Male
KW - Thailand
AU - Bechtel G A
AU - Apakupakul N
AB - <p>HIV-disease in southern Thailand has reached epidemic proportions. The declining Thai economy, coupled with social discrimination among people with the disease, has adversely affected individual, family and community krengjai. Among Thai's, krengjai is used to describe social order, avoid personal conflict, and maintain harmony in relationships. Using the framework of story, this narrative study explores the experiences of five individuals with HIV-disease and their tenuous relationship with krengjai.</p>
BT - Journal of advanced nursing
C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10197948?dopt=Abstract
DA - 1999 Feb
DO - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00910.x
IS - 2
J2 - J Adv Nurs
LA - eng
N2 - <p>HIV-disease in southern Thailand has reached epidemic proportions. The declining Thai economy, coupled with social discrimination among people with the disease, has adversely affected individual, family and community krengjai. Among Thai's, krengjai is used to describe social order, avoid personal conflict, and maintain harmony in relationships. Using the framework of story, this narrative study explores the experiences of five individuals with HIV-disease and their tenuous relationship with krengjai.</p>
PY - 1999
SP - 471
EP - 5
T2 - Journal of advanced nursing
TI - AIDS in southern Thailand: stories of krengjai and social connections.
VL - 29
SN - 0309-2402
ER -