HIV Multiple Bereavement Syndrome

HIV/AIDS and Multiple Bereavement: Is the psychological impact of multiple loss intensified by social factors? “The advent of AIDS has created a new population of people who suffer multiple bereavements as well as threats to their own lives.” (Murray-Parkes, 1998, p. xii) The populations most affected by HIV/AIDS live in two geographical locations: the USA and Africa (WHO, 1998) . In 1997 four million people in the Sub-Saharan Africa were newly reported as having seropositive status (WHO, 1998). …

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