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10576319

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-1-3
pubmed:abstractText
Deciding whether or not to disclose one's HIV-positive status to another person is an important decision: the way each person experiences and copes with the illness is reflected in this choice. We conducted a study of 174 patients (29.3% of women) to examine how the decision to disclose or conceal was made, as well as its subjective and social consequences. We discovered that only 3.5% of the individuals remained silent about their illness. Most spoke about it, regardless of how they had been infected or of the advice they had received to be discrete. The confession often did not bring them the relief they sought. Revealing one's HIV-positive status is not a sign of social responsibility, or of a special trust in someone, but rather a compulsive act to release suppressed tension. Individuals who do not confess need attention; their silence is a sign of their inability to adapt to their illness, as well as of their self-imposed exclusion from society.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0021-9762
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
55
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1041-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Disclosure of HIV seropositivity.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Paris XI, Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Clamart, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article