''You have to be your own doctor'': Sociocultural influences on alternative therapy use among gay men with AIDS in West Hollywood

Journal/Book: Med Anthropol Q. 1997; 11: 4350 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 640, Arlington, VA 22203. Amer Anthropological Assoc. 498-504.

Abstract: This article considers the Else of alternative therapies by gay men with AIDS in West Hollywood, California. In all, 89 different alternative therapies for HIV and AIDS treatment were uncovered during the course of the study. In addition to the high number of alternative therapies, a majority of the men in the study (69.2 percent) were currently using some type of alternative treatment. Sociocultural influences on the use of alternative therapies are explored, including AIDS activism. Because most of the men (92 percent) also Else Western medicine as well, the interface of these two types of treatments is also explored.

Note: Article Furin JJ, Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Social Med, Cambridge,MA 02138 USA

Keyword(s): HIV-INFECTION

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